Complete Definition of "acid"

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English

Etymology
From F. term|acide|langfr, or L. term|acidus||sour|langla, from term|acidere|acid�re|to be sour|lang=la.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�æs.ɪd/
audio|en-us-acid.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. sour|Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors.
  2. figuratively Sour-tempered.
  3. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

Quotations
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Antonyms
alkaline
base

Translations
trans-top|sour, sharp, or biting to the taste
Armenian: Õ©Õ©Õ¾Õ¸Ö�Õ¿ (t't'vut)
Bulgarian: t|bg|ки�ел|trkisel|scCyrl
Catalan: t|ca|àcid|m
Danish: t-|da|sur
Dutch: t+|nl|zuur
Estonian: t-|et|hapu, t-|et|kibe
Finnish: t-|fi|hapan, t|fi|hapokas
French: t-|fr|aigre, t+|fr|acide|m|f
German: t+|de|sauer
Greek: t+|el|ξιν��|m|sc=Grek (xinós)
Italian: t+|it|acido|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|����|trsuppai|scJpan
Korean: t-|ko|��|trsida|scHang
Latvian: t|lv|sk�bs|m|xsLatvian, t|lv|sk�ba|f|xsLatvian
Malayalam: �മ�ല� (amLam),
Norwegian: t+|no|sur
Polish: t-|pl|kwa�ny|m, t-|pl|kwa�na|f, t-|pl|kwa�ne|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|ácido|m, t-|pt|ácida|f; t|pt|azedo|m, t-|pt|azeda|f
Russian: t|ru|ки�л�й|trkíslyj|scCyrl qualifier|comparable
Serbian: t|sr|kiselina|f
Slovak: t|sk|kyslý
Slovene: t+|sl|kisel|m, t|sl|kisla|f, t|sl|kislo|n
Spanish: t-|es|agrio, t+|es|ácido
Swedish: t+|sv|sur
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trans-top|sour-tempered
Bulgarian: t|bg|ки�ел|trkísel|scCyrl
Danish: t-|da|sur
Dutch: t+|nl|zuur
Estonian: hapendatud
Finnish: t-|fi|hapan
French: t+|fr|acide|m|f
German: t+|de|sauer
Italian: t+|it|acido|m
trans-mid* Latvian: sk�bs m, sk�ba f
Norwegian: t+|no|sur
Polish: t-|pl|kwa�ny|m, t-|pl|kwa�na|f, t-|pl|kwa�ne|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|ácido|m, t-|pt|ácida|f
Spanish: t-|es|malhumorado
Swedish: t+|sv|sur
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trans-top|of or pertaining to an acid
Bulgarian: ки�елинен (kiselínen)
Catalan: àcid
Danish: -syre, syre-
Estonian: happeline
Finnish: t-|fi|hapan, t-|fi|happoinen
French: t+|fr|acide|m|f
Greek: �ξινο� (oksinos) m
Italian: t+|it|acido
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Japanese: �� (sansei)
Korean: ��� [��-] (sanseongui)
Norwegian: syre-
Polish: t-|pl|kwa�ny|m, t-|pl|kwa�na|f, t-|pl|kwa�ne|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|ácido|m, t-|pt|ácida|f
Russian: t-|ru|ки�ло�н�й|trkislótnyj|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|ácido
Swedish: t-|sv|syra-
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ttbc|Breton: trenk, sur
ttbc|Catalan: àcid m (1,2), àcida f (1,2)
ttbc|Esperanto: acido
ttbc|Ido: acida
ttbc|Indonesian: asam (1,2)
ttbc|Interlingua: acide (1,2)
ttbc|Lithuanian: rūgštis f
ttbc|Rohingya: ésíd
ttbc|Telugu: �మ�లమ�
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Noun
en-noun

  1. A sour substance.
  2. chemistry 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.
  3. chemistry Any compound that easily donates protons.
  4. chemistry Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.
  5. slang Commonly used shortened form of the drug lysergic acid diethylamide, lysergic acid or LSD.

Antonyms
alkali
base

Translations
trans-top|a sour substance
Danish: t-|da|syre
Dutch: t+|nl|zuur|n
Estonian: hape
Finnish: t-|fi|hapan t+|fi|aine
French: t+|fr|acide|m
German: t+|de|Säure|f
Italian: t+|it|acido|m
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Korean: � � (san)
Latvian: t-|lv|sk�be|f|xs=Latvian
Polish: t-|pl|kwas|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|ácido|m
Russian: t-|ru|ки�л��ина|f|trkisl'átina|scCyrl
Slovene: (translated as kisla snov - sour substance)
Spanish: t+|es|ácido|m
Swedish: t+|sv|syra
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trans-top|in chemistry
Czech: t-|cs|kyselina|f
Danish: t-|da|syre
Dutch: t+|nl|zuur|n
Estonian: hape
Finnish: t+|fi|happo
French: t+|fr|acide|m
German: t+|de|Säure|f
Greek: οξ� (oxý) n
Italian: t+|it|acido|m
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Japanese: � (san)
Korean: � � (san)
Latvian: t-|lv|sk�be|f|xs=Latvian
Malay: t-|ms|acid|xs=Malay
Polish: t-|pl|kwas|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|ácido|m
Romanian: t-|ro|acid|m
Russian: t+|ru|ки�ло�а|f|trkislotá|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|kislina|f
Spanish: t+|es|ácido|m
Swedish: t+|sv|syra
Urdu: ت�زاب m
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trans-top|LSD
Danish: t-|da|syre
Estonian: hape
Finnish: t+|fi|happo
French: t+|fr|acide|m|f
German: t-|de|Lysergsäure-diethylamid
Greek: t-|el|�Σ�-25|n|trLSD-25|scGrek
Italian: t+|it|acido|m, t-|it|acido lisergico|m
trans-mid
Polish: t-|pl|kwas|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|ácido|m
Romanian: t-|ro|acidul lisergic dietilamida-25|m
Russian: t-|ru|�а���а� ди��иламида лизе�гиновой ки�ло��|m|scCyrl, t-|ru|�С�|m|scCyrl, t+|ru|ки�ло�а|f|trkislotá|scCyrl
Slovene: t-|sl|LSD|m
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ttbc|Albanian: acid
ttbc|Breton: trenkenn f, trenkennoù
ttbc|Catalan: àcid m
ttbc|Esperanto: acido
ttbc|Ido: acido
ttbc|Indonesian: asam
ttbc|Interlingua: acido
ttbc|Lithuanian: rūgštus m
ttbc|Malay: asid
ttbc|Telugu: �మ�లమ�
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Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "acid"
acid rain
acid test
acid-base equilibrium
acid-base indicator
acid-fast
acidhead
acid house
acidic
acidify
rel-mid
acidimeter
acidity
acid jazz
acidly
acidophile / acidophilic
acidosis
acidulate
acidulous
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rel-top|types of acid
acetic acid
acetylsalicylic acid
acid of air
acid of amber
acid of ants
acid of apples
acid of lemon
acid of milk
acid of salt
acid of sugar
acrylic acid
adipic acid
alginic acid
alpha-hydroxy acid
amino acid
arachidic acid
arachidonic acid
arsenic acid
ascorbic acid
aspartic acid
benzoic acid
bile acid
boric acid
bromic acid
butyric acid
capric acid
caproic acid
caprylic acid
carbamic acid
carbolic acid, phenol
carbonic acid
carboxylic acid
cerotic acid
chloric acid
cholic acid
chromic acid
citric acid
conjugate acid
crotonic acid
cyanic acid
cyanuric acid
cyclamic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
erucic acid
ethanoic acid
fatty acid
folic acid
formic acid
fulminic acid
fumaric acid
gibberellic acid
gluconic acid
glutamic acid
glyceric acid
glycolic acid
humic acid
hydriodic acid
hydrobromic acid
hydrochloric acid
hydrocyanic acid
hydrofluoric acid
hydrosulphurous acid
hydroxy acid
hypobromous acid
hypochlorous acid
hypofluorous acid
hypohalous acid
hypoiodous acid
hypophosphorous acid
hyposulphurous acid
indoleacetic acid
isobutyric acid
rel-mid
lactic acid
lauric acid
Lewis acid
linoleic acid
linolenic acid
lysergic acid
maleic acid
malic acid
malonic acid
margaric acid
metaphosphoric acid
methacrylic acid
mucic acid
muriatic acid
myristic acid
nicotinic acid
nitric acid
nitrous acid
nucleic acid
oleic acid
omega-3 fatty acid
omega-6 fatty acid
osmic acid
oxaloacetic acid
oxalic acid
palmitic acid
pantothenic acid
pectic acid
pelargonic acid
perchloric acid
periodic acid
permanganic acid
petroselinic acid
phosphoric acid
phosphorous acid
phthalic acid
picric acid
propanoic acid
propionic acid
prussic acid
pyrogallic acid
pyrophosphoric acid
pyruvic acid
racemic acid
retinoic acid
ribonucleic acid, RNA
ricinoleic acid
salicylic acid
sebacic acid
selenic acid
silicic acid
stearic acid
suberic acid
succinic acid
sulphonic acid, sulfonic acid
sulphuric acid, sulfuric acid
sulphurous acid, sulfurous acid
tannic acid
tantalic acid
tartaric acid
telluric acid
thiocyanic acid
thiosulphuric acid, thiosulfuric acid
titanic acid
toluic acid
trans fatty acid
tungstic acid
undecilenic acid
uric acid
usnic acid
valeric acid
vanadic acid
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See also
acerbic
acro-
pH

References
R:1913

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Recreational drugs


Romanian

Etymology
F.|ro term|acide|langfr, L.|ro term|acidus|langla.

Pronunciation
IPA|[a'ʧid]|lang=ro

Adjective
ro-adj|4

  1. #English|acid, acidic

Declension
ro-adj-4|mpl=acizi

Noun
ro-noun|placizi|gendm

  1. acid#English|acid

Declension
ro-noun-m|pl=acizi

Derived terms
l|ro|acidul dezoxiribonucleic

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