superacid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin acidusbor.

French acidebor.

English acid

English superacid

From super- + acid.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æsɪd

Noun

superacid (plural superacids)

1. Any substance having a very high acidity; typically a solution of a strong Lewis acid in a Brønsted acid.

Translations

medium having very high acidity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超強酸 / 超强酸 (chāoqiángsuān)

• Finnish: superhappo (fi)
• French: superacide (fr) m
• German: Supersäure f
• Indonesian: superasam, adiasam
• Italian: superacido m
• Japanese: 超酸 (ちょうさん, chōsan), 超強酸 (ちょうきょうさん, chōkyōsan)
• Kazakh: суперқышқыл (superqyşqyl)
• Korean: 초산(超酸) (ko) (chosan), 초강산(超強酸) (chogangsan)
• Persian: ابراسید
• Polish: superkwas m

See also

• superbase