Acid

English

Noun

Acid (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

Adjective

Acid (not comparable)

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
(figuratively) Sour-tempered.
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.

Synonyms for Acid

acidic, sour, stinging, bitter, tart, pungent, sharp, acrid.

Antonyms for Acid

alkaline, base, bland, mild, smooth, sweet.

Derived terms

terms derived from “acid”

types of acid

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈæs.ɪd/, SAMPA: /"{s.Id/

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Hyphenation: a‧cid

Translations

sour, sharp, or biting to the taste

Afrikaans: suur (af)
Arabic: حامض (ar) (Haamid)
Armenian: թթու (hy) (t't'u)
Bulgarian: кисел (bg) (kisel)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m., àcida (ca) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (cmn) (suān)
Croatian: kȉseo (hr)
Danish: sur (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl)
Estonian: hapu (et), kibe (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi), hapokas (fi)
French: aigre (fr), acide (fr) m. and f.
German: sauer (de)
Greek: ξινός (el) (xinós) m.
Icelandic: súr (is) m. and f., súrt (is) n.; beiskur (is) m., beisk (is) f., beiskt (is) n.
Italian: acido (it) m.
Japanese: すっぱい (ja) (suppái), 酸っぱい (ja) (suppái)

Korean: 시다 (ko) (sida)
Latin: acidus (la)
Latvian: skābs (lv) m., skāba (lv) f.
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f.
Malayalam: അമ്ലം (ml) (amLam),
Norwegian: sur (no)
Old Church Slavonic: кꙑсѣлъ (kysělŭ)
Polish: kwaśny (pl) m., kwaśna (pl) f., kwaśne (pl) n.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m., ácida (pt) f.; azedo (pt) m., azeda (pt) f.
Russian: кислый (ru) (kíslyj) (comparable), едкий (ru) (jédkij)
Serbian: kiseo (sr)
Slovak: kyslý (sk)
Slovene: kisel (sl) m., kisla (sl) f., kislo (sl) n.
Spanish: agrio (es), ácido (es)
Swedish: sur (sv)
Thai: กรด (th) (grod)
Welsh: sur (cy), siarp (cy)

sour-tempered

Afrikaans: suur (af)
Arabic: لاذع (ar) (laadhi`)
Armenian: խայթող (hy) (xayt’oġ)
Bulgarian: кисел (bg) (kísel)
Danish: sur (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl)
Estonian: hapendatud
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr) m. and f.
German: sauer (de)
Greek: οξύς (el) m., καυστικός (el) m., δριμύς (el) m.

Icelandic: meinhæðinn (is) m., meinhæðin (is) f.; meinhæðið (is) n.
Italian: acido (it) m.
Latvian: skābs (lv) m., skāba (lv) f.
Norwegian: sur (no)
Polish: kwaśny (pl) m., kwaśna (pl) f., kwaśne (pl) n.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m., ácida (pt) f.
Russian: язвительный (ru) (jazvítel'nyj), едкий (ru) (jédkij)
Spanish: malhumorado (es)
Swedish: sur (sv)
Thai: กรด (th) (grod)

of or pertaining to an acid

Armenian: թթվային (hy) (t’t’vayin)
Bulgarian: киселинен (bg) (kiselínen)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m., àcida (ca) f.
Croatian: kisèlīnskī (hr)
Danish: -syre (da), syre- (da)
Estonian: happeline (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr) m. and f.
Greek: όξινος (el) (oksinos) m.
Italian: acido (it)

Japanese: 酸性 (ja) (sansei)
Korean: 산성의 (ko) (酸性-, sanseongui)
Norwegian: syre- (no)
Polish: kwaśny (pl) m., kwaśna (pl) f., kwaśne (pl) n.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m., ácida (pt) f.
Russian: кислотный (ru) (kislótnyj)
Spanish: ácido (es)
Swedish: syra- (sv)
Welsh: asidig (cy)

Noun

a sour substance

Armenian: թթու (hy) (t't'u)
Bulgarian: киселина (bg)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (zh) (suān)
Croatian: kiselìna (hr)
Danish: syre (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl) n.
Estonian: hape (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi) aine (fi)
French: acide (fr) m.
German: Säure (de) f.
Greek: οξύ (el) n.

Icelandic: sýra (is) f.
Italian: acido (it) m.
Japanese: 酸 (ja) (さん, san)
Korean: 산 (ko) (san) (酸 (ko))
Latvian: skābe (lv) f.
Polish: kwas (pl) m.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m.
Russian: кислота (ru) (kislotá) f., кислятина (ru) (kisljátina) f. (colloquial, disparaging)
Serbian: kiselina (sr) f.
Slovene: kisla snov (sl) (sour substance)
Spanish: ácido (es) m.
Swedish: syra (sv)
Welsh: suryn (cy) m.

in chemistry

Arabic: حامض (ar) (HaamiD) m.
Armenian: թթու (hy) (t't'u)
Bulgarian: киселина (bg)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (zh) (suān), 酸性 (zh) (suānxìng)
Croatian: kiselìna (hr)
Czech: kyselina (cs) f.
Danish: syre (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl) n.
Esperanto: acido (eo)
Estonian: hape (et)
Finnish: happo (fi)
French: acide (fr) m.
German: Säure (de) f.
Greek: οξύ (el) n.
Hindi: तेज़ाब (hi) (tezāb) m., एसिड (hi) (esiḍ)
Icelandic: sýra (is) f.
Italian: acido (it) m.

Japanese: 酸 (ja) (さん, san)
Korean: 산 (ko) (san) (酸 (ko))
Latvian: skābe (lv) f.
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f.
Malay: acid (ms)
Persian: اسيد (fa)
Polish: kwas (pl) m.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m.
Romanian: acid (ro) m.
Russian: кислота (ru) (kislotá) f.
Scottish Gaelic: searbhag (gd) f.
Serbian: kiselina (sr) f.
Slovene: kislina (sl) f.
Spanish: ácido (es) m.
Swedish: syra (sv)
Ukrainian: кислота (uk) (kyslotá) f.
Urdu: تیزاب (ur) (tezāb) m.
Volapük: züd (vo)
Welsh: asid (cy) m.

LSD

Bulgarian: ЛСД (bg)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m.
Danish: syre (da)
Esperanto: acido (eo)
Estonian: hape (et)
Finnish: happo (fi)
French: acide (fr) m. and f.
German: Lysergsäure-diethylamid (de)
Greek: ΛΣΔ-25 (el) (LSD-25) n.

Icelandic: sýra (is) f.
Italian: acido (it) m., acido lisergico (it) m.
Polish: kwas (pl) m.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m.
Romanian: acidul lisergic dietilamida-25 (ro) m.
Russian: тартрат диэтиламида лизергиновой кислоты (ru) m., ЛСД (ru) m., кислота (ru) (kislotá) f.
Slovene: LSD (sl) m.
Swedish: acid (sv), syra (sv)

Anagrams

cadi
caid

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA: [aˈtʃid], SAMPA: [a"tSid]

Adjective

Acid ^{4 nom/acc forms}

acid, acidic

Declension

declension of Acid</small>

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	Acid	Acid	Acidă	acizi	Acide	Acide
nominative/ accusative	definite	Acidul	Acidul	Acida	acizii	Acidele	Acidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	Acid	Acid	Acide	acizi	Acide	Acide
genitive/ dative	definite	Acidului	Acidului	Acidei	acizilor	Acidelor	Acidelor

Noun

Acid m. (plural acizi)

acid

Declension

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	—	—	—	—

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Derived terms

acidul dezoxiribonucleic

Acid

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