Complete Definition of "sour"

English

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a��(r)|-a��(r)

Adjective
sour

  1. having an acid, sharp or tangy taste
  2. made rancid by fermentation etc
  3. tasting or smelling rancid
  4. peevish or bad-tempered
  5. context|of soil excessively acid and thus infertile
  6. context|of petroleum containing excess sulphur

Translations
trans-top|having an acid, sharp or tangy taste
Albanian: thartë
Arabic: Arab|حا�ض IPAchar|(ħ�me�)
Catalan: ácid
Chinese: � (su�n)
Croatian: kiseo
Czech: kyselý
Danish: sur
Dutch: zuur
Esperanto: acida
Estonian: hapu
Finnish: hapan
French: aigre
German: sauer
Hebrew: he-translation|���ץ|khamûtz
Hungarian: savanyú
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Icelandic: súr
Italian: agro
Japanese: ���� (����, suppái)
Korean: �� (sida), � (sin)
Kurdish: KUchar|ت�رش
Lithuanian: rūgštus
Malay: masam
Norwegian: sur#Norwegian|sur
Polish: kwa�ny
Portuguese: azedo
Romanian: acru
Russian: ки�л�й (kíslyj)
Serbian: kiselo
Slovene: kisel
Spanish: agrio
Swedish: sur#Swedish|sur
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trans-top|made rancid by fermentation, etc.
Czech: zkysaný
Danish: sur
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German: sauer
Polish: zje�cza�y
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trans-top|tasting or smelling rancid
Czech: zkyslý
Danish: sur
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German: sauer
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trans-top|peevish or bad-tempered
Czech: zaho�klý, mrzutý
Danish: sur
Finnish: nyrpeä, nyreä, hapan
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German: sauer
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trans-top|(of soil) excessively acid and thus infertile
Danish: sur
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German: sauer
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trans-top|(of petroleum) containing excess sulphur
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Irish: géar
ttbc|Lithuanian: rūgštumas m; rūgštus m, rūgšti f, rūgštu n
ttbc|Mongolian: га���н (gašuun)

Noun
sour

  1. the sensation of a sour taste
  2. a drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar

Translations

trans-top|the sensation of a sour taste
German: Säure f
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trans-top|a drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar
German: Whiskey Sauer m
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Verb
to sour

  1. to make or become sour or disenchanted

Category:Taste

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