acid

See also: ACID and àcid

English[edit]

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Acid

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Etymology[edit]

From French acide, from Latin acidus ‎(“sour, acid”), from aceō ‎(“I am sour”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

acid ‎(comparative more acid, superlative most acid)

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

acid fruits or liquors
(figuratively) Sour-tempered.
- Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
  
  He was stern and his face as acid as ever.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter I:
  
  Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
(music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Quotations[edit]

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:acid.

Synonyms[edit]

acidic

Antonyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

sour, sharp, or biting to the taste

Afrikaans: suur
Arabic: حَامِض ‎(ḥāmiḍ)
Armenian: թթու ‎(tʿtʿu)
Asturian: ácidu
Belarusian: кі́слы m ‎(kísly)
Bulgarian: кисел (bg) ‎(kisel)
Catalan: àcid
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (zh) ‎(suān)
Czech: kyselý (cs)
Danish: sur (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl)
Estonian: hapu, kibe
Finnish: hapan (fi), hapokas
French: aigre (fr), acide (fr)
Galician: ácido (gl)
Georgian: მჟავე ‎(mžave)
German: sauer (de)
Greek: οξύς (el) m ‎(oxýs), ξινός (el) m ‎(xinós)
Gullah: aacit
Icelandic: súr (is), beiskur
Italian: acido (it)
Japanese: すっぱい (ja) ‎(suppai), 酸っぱい (ja) ‎(suppai)
Korean: 시다 (ko) ‎(sida)
Kyrgyz: кычкыл (ky) ‎(kıçkıl), кычкылдык (ky) ‎(kıçkıldık), кычкыл нерсе (ky) ‎(kıçkıl nerse), кислота (ky) ‎(kislota), жегич (ky) ‎(cegiç), ачыштыргыч ‎(açıştırgıç), курч (ky) ‎(kurç), күйгүзүүчү (ky) ‎(küygüzüüçü), шылдың (ky) ‎(şıldıñ), какшык (ky) ‎(kakşık), кекээр ‎(kekeer), кыжырлантуучу (ky) ‎(kıcırlantuuçu), сайгылаган ‎(saygılagan), ачуу (ky) ‎(açuu), уулуу (ky) ‎(uuluu), заардуу (ky) ‎(zaarduu)

Latin: acidus (la)
Latvian: skābs m, skāba f
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f
Macedonian: кисел ‎(kisel)
Malay: asid, asam
Malayalam: അമ്ലം (ml) ‎(amlaṃ)
Maori: kawa, hīmoemoe
Norwegian: sur (no)
Old Church Slavonic: кꙑсѣлъ ‎(kysělŭ)
Polish: kwaśny (pl)
Portuguese: ácido (pt), azedo (pt)
Romanian: acru (ro), acid (ro)
Russian: ки́слый (ru) ‎(kíslyj) (comparable), е́дкий (ru) ‎(jédkij)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: кисео

Roman: kiseo (sh)
Slovak: kyslý
Slovene: kisel (sl)
Spanish: agrio (es), ácido (es)
Swedish: sur (sv)
Thai: กรด (th) ‎(grod)
Welsh: sur (cy), siarp (cy)

sour-tempered

Afrikaans: suur
Arabic: لَاذِع ‎(lāḏiʿ)
Armenian: խայթող ‎(xaytʿoł)
Bulgarian: ки́сел (bg) ‎(kísel)
Danish: sur (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl)
Estonian: hapendatud
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr)
German: sauer (de)
Greek: οξύς (el) m ‎(oxýs), καυστικός (el) m ‎(kafstikós), δριμύς (el) m ‎(drimýs), ξινός (el) m ‎(xinós)
Icelandic: meinhæðinn m, meinhæðin f, meinhæðið n

Italian: acido (it)
Latvian: skābs m, skāba f
Macedonian: кисел ‎(kisel)
Malay: asid, asam
Norwegian: sur (no)
Polish: kwaśny (pl)
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Romanian: acru (ro)
Russian: язви́тельный (ru) ‎(jazvítelʹnyj), е́дкий (ru) ‎(jédkij)
Spanish: malhumorado (es)
Swedish: sur (sv)
Thai: กรด (th) ‎(grod)

of or pertaining to an acid

Armenian: թթվային ‎(tʿtʿvayin)
Bulgarian: кисели́нен ‎(kiselínen)
Catalan: àcid
Danish: -syre, syre-
Estonian: happeline
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr)
Greek: όξινος (el) m ‎(óxinos)
Italian: acido (it)
Japanese: 酸性 ‎(sansei)
Korean: 산성의 ‎(酸性-, sanseongui)
Macedonian: кисели́нски ‎(kiselínski)

Malay: asid, asam
Maori: kawa
Norwegian: syre-
Polish: kwaśny (pl)
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Romanian: acid (ro)
Russian: кисло́тный (ru) ‎(kislótnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kisèlīnskī
Spanish: ácido (es)
Swedish: syra-
Welsh: asidig

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: ^{(please verify)} trenk, ^{(please verify)} sur
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} acido
Ido: ^{(please verify)} acida
Indonesian: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} asam
Interlingua: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} acide
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} rūgštis f
Rohingya: ^{(please verify)} ésíd
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఆమ్లము ‎(āmlamu)

Noun[edit]

acid ‎(countable and uncountable, plural acids)

A sour substance.
(chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-
1. Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
2. Any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
3. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid
(slang) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

Antonyms[edit]

alkali
base

Hyponyms[edit]

See also Wikisaurus:acid

Translations[edit]

a sour substance

Afrikaans: suur
Albanian: acid (sq)
Arabic: حَامِض m ‎(ḥāmiḍ), حَمْض m ‎(ḥamḍ)
Armenian: թթու ‎(tʿtʿu)
Azeri: turşu (az)
Belarusian: кіслата́ f ‎(kislatá)
Bengali: অম্ল ‎(ôml)
Breton: trenkenn (br) f, trenkennoù (br) f pl
Bulgarian: киселина ‎(kiselina)
Burmese: အက်စစ် (my) ‎(akcac)
Catalan: àcid m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (zh) ‎(suān)
Czech: kyselina (cs) f
Danish: syre (da) c
Dutch: zuur (nl) n
Estonian: hape
Faroese: sýra f
Finnish: hapan (fi) aine (fi)
French: acide (fr) m
Georgian: მჟავა ‎(mžava)
German: Säure (de) f
Greek: οξύ (el) n ‎(oxý)
Hebrew: חוּמצָה (he) f ‎(khumtzá)
Hindi: अम्ल m ‎(amla), एसिड ‎(esiḍ), तेज़ाब ‎(tezāb)
Icelandic: sýra (is) f
Indonesian: asam (id)
Irish: aigéad m
Italian: acido (it) m
Japanese: 酸 (ja) ‎(さん, san)
Kazakh: қышқыл (kk) ‎(qışqıl), қышқылдық (kk) ‎(qışqıldıq)
Khmer: អាស៊ីត ‎(aasiit)
Korean: 산 (ko) ‎(san) (酸 (ko))

Kyrgyz: кычкылдык (ky) ‎(kıçkıldık)
Lao: ກົດ (lo) ‎(kot)
Latvian: skābe f
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Saier f
Macedonian: киселина f ‎(kiselina)
Malay: asid, asam
Maori: atiti
Mongolian: хүчил ‎(hüčil)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: syre (no) m, f
Persian: اسید (fa) ‎(asid)
Polish: kwas (pl) m inan
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m
Russian: кислота́ (ru) f ‎(kislotá), кисля́тина (ru) f ‎(kisljátina) (colloquial, disparaging)
Sanskrit: अम्लम् ‎(amlam)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: киселина f

Roman: kiselina (sh) f
Slovak: kyselina f
Slovene: kislina (sl) f
Spanish: ácido (es) m
Swedish: syra (sv)
Tajik: кислота ‎(kislota), ҳомуз ‎(homuz)
Thai: กรด (th) ‎(gròt)
Turkish: asit (tr)
Turkmen: kislota
Ukrainian: кислота́ (uk) f ‎(kyslotá)
Urdu: ایسڈ ‎(esiḍ), تیزاب ‎(tezāb)
Uzbek: kislota
Vietnamese: axít (vi)
Welsh: suryn m

in chemistry

Arabic: حَامِض m ‎(ḥāmiḍ)
Armenian: թթու ‎(tʿtʿu)
Asturian: ácidu m
Belarusian: кіслата f ‎(kislata)
Bulgarian: киселина ‎(kiselina)
Catalan: àcid m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (zh) ‎(suān), 酸性 (zh) ‎(suānxìng)
Czech: kyselina (cs) f
Danish: syre (da) c
Dutch: zuur (nl) n
Erzya: чапо ‎(čapo)
Esperanto: acido
Estonian: hape
Faroese: sýra f
Finnish: happo (fi)
French: acide (fr) m
Galician: ácido (gl) m
Georgian: მჟავა ‎(mžava)
German: Säure (de) f
Greek: οξύ (el) n ‎(oxý)
Hindi: तेज़ाब m ‎(tezāb), अम्ल ‎(amla)
Icelandic: sýra (is) f
Ido: acido (io)
Interlingua: acido
Irish: aigéad m
Italian: acido (it) m
Japanese: 酸 (ja) ‎(さん, san)
Khmer: អាស៊ីត ‎(aasiit), គីមីអាស៊ីដ ‎(kiimii aasiit), ទឹកអាស៊ីដ ‎(tɨk aasiit)
Korean: 산 (ko) ‎(san) (酸 (ko))

Latin: acidum n
Latvian: skābe f
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Saier f
Macedonian: киселина f ‎(kiselina)
Malay: asid, asam
Maori: waikawa
Oriya: ଅମ୍ଳ ‎(amḷa)
Persian: اسيد (fa)
Polish: kwas (pl) m inan
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m
Romanian: acid (ro) m
Russian: кислота́ (ru) f ‎(kislotá)
Sanskrit: अम्ल n ‎(amla)
Scottish Gaelic: searbhag f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: киселина f

Roman: kiselina (sh) f
Slovene: kislina (sl) f
Spanish: ácido (es) m
Swedish: syra (sv)
Telugu: ఆమ్లము (te) ‎(āmlamu)
Turkish: asit (tr)
Ukrainian: кислота́ (uk) f ‎(kyslotá)
Urdu: تیزاب m ‎(tezāb)
Uyghur: كىسلاتا ‎(kislata)
Uzbek: kislota
Volapük: züd (vo)
Welsh: asid (cy) m

LSD

Bulgarian: ЛСД ‎(LSD)
Catalan: àcid m
Danish: syre (da)
Esperanto: acido
Estonian: hape
Finnish: happo (fi)
French: acide (fr) m, f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Lysergsäure-diethylamid
Greek: διαιθυλαμίδιο του λυσεργικού οξέος n ‎(diaithylamídio tou lysergikoú oxéos)

Icelandic: sýra (is) f
Italian: acido (it) m, acido lisergico m
Polish: kwas (pl) m inan
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m
Romanian: acidul lisergic dietilamida-25 m, acid (ro) m
Russian: тартра́т диэтилами́да лизерги́новой кислоты́ m ‎(tartrát dietilamída lizergínovoj kislotý), ЛСД (ru) m ‎(LSD), кислота́ (ru) f ‎(kislotá)
Serbo-Croatian: есид m ‎(esid)
Swedish: acid (sv), syra (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} حٰمْض m ‎(ḥāmḍ)
Albanian: ^{(please verify)} acidi (sq)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} acido
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} asam
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} acido
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} rūgštus m

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from “acid”

types of acid

References[edit]

acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams[edit]

cadi
caid

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French acide, from Latin acidus ‎(“sour, acid”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [aˈtʃid]

Adjective[edit]

acid ^{4 nom/acc forms}

acid, acidic

Declension[edit]

declension of acid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	acid		acidă	acizi	acide
nominative/ accusative	definite	acidul		acida	acizii	acidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	acid		acide	acizi	acide
genitive/ dative	definite	acidului		acidei	acizilor	acidelor

Noun[edit]

acid m (plural acizi)

acid

Declension[edit]

declension of acid

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un acid	acidul	niște acizi	acizii
genitive/dative	unui acid	acidului	unor acizi	acizilor
vocative	acidule		acizilor

Derived terms[edit]

acidul dezoxiribonucleic

acid

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