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acid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈæsɪd/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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ăs'ĭd (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid From French acide, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”), from aceō (“to be sour”). Doublet of agita.

Meanings

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- acid fruits or liquors
(figuratively) Sour-tempered.
- 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 flavor. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
- His response was harsh and acid.
- His voice was as stern and his face as acid as ever. 1864, Anthony Trollope, The Small House at Allington, 2nd edition, volume 2, Smith, Elder & Co., page 235:
- It must be admitted that Challenger is provocative in the last degree, but Summerlee has an acid tongue, which makes matters worse. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
- acid soils
- Like other nyssas, it is in nature a creature of swampy places and looks loveliest where massed close to water and reflected in it, but justifies itself elsewhere if the soil is moist and acid, succeeding in wet clay. 1975, Peter N. Barber, Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips, The Trees Around Us, page 101:
Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
acidest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
acider	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Translations (174)

vi chua (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · id asam (of or pertaining to an acid) · fa اسید (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ru ки́слый (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · fi hapan (sour-tempered) · io acida (of or pertaining to an acid) · eo acida (sour-tempered) · ky кислота (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ml അമ്ലം (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · hu savas (of or pertaining to an acid) · it acido (sour-tempered) · fa ترش (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · eo acida (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · hu fanyar (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · io acida (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · cy asidig (of or pertaining to an acid) · es ácido (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · bg кисели́нен (of or pertaining to an acid) · he חמוץ (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ms masam (of or pertaining to an acid) · mk кисел (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ms berasid (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · de sauer (of or pertaining to an acid) · hy խայթող (sour-tempered) · fr aigre (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · sv sur (sour-tempered) · sv syra- (of or pertaining to an acid) · no sur (sour-tempered) · bg ки́сел (sour-tempered) · ar حامض (of or pertaining to an acid) · mr आम्ल (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · mk кисели́нски (of or pertaining to an acid) · ms asam (of or pertaining to an acid) · da sur (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · id masam (of or pertaining to an acid) · lv skābs (sour-tempered) · ca àcid (of or pertaining to an acid) · sh kiseo (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · no sur (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ms berasid (of or pertaining to an acid) · bg кисел (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · mk кисел (sour-tempered) · et hapendatud (sour-tempered) · el οξύς (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · th กรด (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · et kibe (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · hu savanyú (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · pt azedo (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · sh kisèlīnskī (of or pertaining to an acid) · af suur (sour-tempered) · el οξύς (sour-tempered) · et happeline (of or pertaining to an acid) · eo acida (of or pertaining to an acid) · de sauer (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · cy siarp (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · fr acide (of or pertaining to an acid) · sa आम्ल (of or pertaining to an acid) · fr acide (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · gl ácido (of or pertaining to an acid) · ro acid (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · pt ácido (sour-tempered) · ru е́дкий (sour-tempered) · pl kwaśny (sour-tempered) · hi अम्ल (of or pertaining to an acid) · el ξινός (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · lt rūgštis (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ota ایتی (sour-tempered) · da sur (sour-tempered) · gul aacit (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · lv skāba (sour-tempered) · hi तेज़ाब (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · is meinhæðin (sour-tempered) · fr acide (sour-tempered) · fa آچار (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ru кисло́тный (of or pertaining to an acid) · el καυστικός (sour-tempered) · sv sur (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · lv skāba (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · cu кꙑсѣлъ (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · pl kwaśny (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · pl kwaśny (of or pertaining to an acid) · ky шылдың (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · sh kiseli (of or pertaining to an acid) · sk kyslý (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · hi अम्ल (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · alt кычкыл (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ota اكشی (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · mi kawa (of or pertaining to an acid) · nl zuur (sour-tempered) · cy sur (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · sl kisel (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · de sauer (sour-tempered) · la acidus (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · cmn 尖酸 (sour-tempered) · cmn 酸性 (of or pertaining to an acid) · ro acid (of or pertaining to an acid) · ms masam (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ro acru (sour-tempered) · af suur (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · el δριμύς (sour-tempered) · is meinhæðinn (sour-tempered) · ky кычкыл (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ru язви́тельный (sour-tempered) · ka მჟავე (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky күйгүзүүчү (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · gl ácido (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · cs kyselý (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky кекээр (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · id asam (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ja すっぱい (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · io desafabla (sour-tempered) · ml ആസിഡ് (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · hu kesernyés (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky кычкылдык (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky кыжырлантуучу (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · it acido (of or pertaining to an acid) · ky уулуу (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · es agrio (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · sh кисео (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · te ఆమ్లము (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · hy թթու (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · fa ترش (sour-tempered) · fi hapan (of or pertaining to an acid) · ko 산성(酸性)의 (of or pertaining to an acid) · ky заардуу (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · hy թթվային (of or pertaining to an acid) · ja 酸性 (of or pertaining to an acid) · ar لَاذِع (sour-tempered) · fi hapokas (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · nl zuur (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky курч (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · yi זויער (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky кычкыл нерсе (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · gl ácido (sour-tempered) · ky сайгылаган (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · te ఆమ్లము (of or pertaining to an acid) · sa आम्ल (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky жегич (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · th กรด (sour-tempered) · cmn 酸 (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky ачыштыргыч (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ar حَامِض (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ru е́дкий (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · uk ки́слий (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · no syre- (of or pertaining to an acid) · ky какшык (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · pt ácido (of or pertaining to an acid) · es ácido (of or pertaining to an acid) · lb sauer (of or pertaining to an acid) · ca àcid (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · is beiskur (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · be кі́слы (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · lv skābs (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · el ξινός (sour-tempered) · fi hapan (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · vi axit (of or pertaining to an acid) · is súr (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · it acido (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ko 시다 (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · et hapu (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · lb sauer (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · mi hīmoemoe (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ast ácidu (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ota حامض (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · quc ch'am (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ja 酸っぱい (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · bn অম্ল (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ro acru (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · mi kawa (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · ky ачуу (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) · is meinhæðið (sour-tempered) · el όξινος (of or pertaining to an acid) · es malhumorado (sour-tempered) · pt ácido (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste)

acid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈæsɪd/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
audio North Carolina
(California) audio
ăs'ĭd (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A sour substance.
(countable, uncountable) Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
- SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos. 2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:
(countable, uncountable) Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
(countable, uncountable) Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
(countable, uncountable) Any corrosive substance.
- You are in error. / This is terror. / This is your banishment. This land is mine. / This is what you earn. / This is the Law of No Return. / This is the sour dough, this the sweet wine. / This is my history, this my race / And this unhappy man threw acid in my face. 2006, James Fenton, Jerusalem:
(slang, uncountable) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- In the end, though, there is one sure way to distinguish a real hippie from his assorted sympathizers: hippies drop acid. That is, real hippies frequently, if irregularly, ingest LSD. 1967, Joe David Brown, editor, The Hippies, New York: Time, Inc, page 171:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
acids	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Antonyms

alkali · base

Deriveds

acidulous (terms derived from “acid”) · acidly (terms derived from “acid”) · acid-resistant (terms derived from “acid”) · acid rain (terms derived from “acid”) · acidophilic (terms derived from “acid”) · acid-fast (terms derived from “acid”) · acidify (terms derived from “acid”) · acid-proof (terms derived from “acid”) · acid Western (terms derived from “acid”) · acidification (terms derived from “acid”) · acidhead (terms derived from “acid”) · come the old acid (terms derived from “acid”) · acidlike (terms derived from “acid”) · acidophile (terms derived from “acid”) · acid-base indicator (terms derived from “acid”) · acidimeter (terms derived from “acid”) · come the acid (terms derived from “acid”) · acidosis (terms derived from “acid”) · drop acid (terms derived from “acid”) · acid house (terms derived from “acid”) · acidic (terms derived from “acid”) · acid test (terms derived from “acid”) · acid-base equilibrium (terms derived from “acid”) · acidproof (terms derived from “acid”) · acidity (terms derived from “acid”) · acidulate (terms derived from “acid”) · acid jazz (terms derived from “acid”)

Descendants

asid

Hypernyms

chemical compound · compound

Hyponyms

sulphuric acid · acetic acid · citric acid · carboxylic acid

pH · acro- · acerbic · :Category:Acids

Synonyms

acid

Translations (223)

fa-ira اَسید (a sour substance) · el οξύ (in chemistry) · ky кислота (in chemistry) · sv acid (LSD) · km អាស៊ីត (in chemistry) · hi तेज़ाब (a sour substance) · hy թթու (a sour substance) · kk қышқыл (in chemistry) · mk киселина (a sour substance) · gur mi'isgo (a sour substance) · ms asam (in chemistry) · ur ایسِڈ (a sour substance) · is sýra (in chemistry) · bg киселина́ (a sour substance) · kmr tirşe (in chemistry) · eu azido (in chemistry) · cs kyselina (a sour substance) · ru кислота́ (in chemistry) · tr asit (a sour substance) · yo ásíìdì (in chemistry) · vo züd (in chemistry) · it acido (in chemistry) · ota اكشی (in chemistry) · myv чапо (in chemistry) · izh kislotta (a sour substance) · fo sýra (in chemistry) · izh happo (a sour substance) · be кіслата́ (a sour substance) · fi happo (in chemistry) · hi एसिड (a sour substance) · ru кислота́ (a sour substance) · sq acid (in chemistry) · ur تیزاب (a sour substance) · ru кислота́ (LSD) · tl asido (in chemistry) · da syre (LSD) · fo sýra (a sour substance) · el οξύ (a sour substance) · sk kyselina (a sour substance) · ps اسيډ (in chemistry) · prs تیزَاب (in chemistry) · or ଅମ୍ଳ (in chemistry) · sh esid (LSD) · pl kwas (LSD) · ar حَامِض (a sour substance) · ca àcid (in chemistry) · vi axit (in chemistry) · la acidum (in chemistry) · hu sav (in chemistry) · tk kislota (a sour substance) · mi atiti (a sour substance) · hi अम्ल (a sour substance) · yo omiró (a sour substance) · nn syre (in chemistry) · fr acide (LSD) · io acido (in chemistry) · de Säure (a sour substance) · km ទឹកអាស៊ីត (in chemistry) · tg туршӣ (a sour substance) · km ក្រុត (a sour substance) · ur تُرْشَہ (in chemistry) · my အက်စစ် (in chemistry) · my အက်စစ် (a sour substance) · ar حَمْض (a sour substance) · ur تُرْشی (a sour substance) · haw waiʻawa (in chemistry) · sq thartor (in chemistry) · es ácido (a sour substance) · nb syre (a sour substance) · mk киселина (in chemistry) · ka მჟავა (in chemistry) · lo ອາຊິດ (in chemistry) · sa अम्ल (in chemistry) · ar حَمْض (in chemistry) · ota حامض (in chemistry) · hu sav (a sour substance) · nb syre (in chemistry) · gd searbhag (in chemistry) · ga aigéad (in chemistry) · bn অম্ল (a sour substance) · it acido lisergico (LSD) · pl kwas (a sour substance) · vi a-xít (in chemistry) · lv skābe (a sour substance) · ml അമ്ലം (in chemistry) · yue 酸 (in chemistry) · ar حَامِض (in chemistry) · fa-ira اَسید (in chemistry) · mi kawa (in chemistry) · ru кисля́тина (a sour substance) · tg кислота (in chemistry) · ota اكشی (a sour substance) · az turşu (a sour substance) · ur تیزاب (in chemistry) · az turşu (in chemistry) · tg ҳомуз (a sour substance) · da syre (in chemistry) · he חוּמצָה (in chemistry) · lo ກົດ (in chemistry) · hi तेज़ाब (in chemistry) · mi waikawa (in chemistry) · cmn 酸 (in chemistry) · lb Saier (in chemistry) · sa आम्ल (a sour substance) · fur acit (in chemistry) · ia acido (in chemistry) · id asam (in chemistry) · fr acide (in chemistry) · sk kyselina (in chemistry) · tl asido (a sour substance) · sl kislina (in chemistry) · txb āmpäl (a sour substance) · ms asid (a sour substance) · is sýra (LSD) · ms asid (in chemistry) · bn অম্ল (in chemistry) · nb syre (LSD) · ps تېزاب (in chemistry) · ms asam (a sour substance) · sv syra (LSD) · te ఆమ్లము (in chemistry) · it acido (LSD) · sh kiselìna (a sour substance) · af suur (a sour substance) · cmn 酸 (a sour substance) · br trenkennoù (a sour substance) · nl zuur (in chemistry) · nl lsd (LSD) · pt ácido (in chemistry) · hy թթու (in chemistry) · fi happo (LSD) · hi तेजाब (in chemistry) · br trenkenn (a sour substance) · nl zuur (a sour substance) · am አሲድ (in chemistry) · de Säure (in chemistry) · it acido (a sour substance) · pl kwas (in chemistry) · alt кычкыл (a sour substance) · mi atiti (in chemistry) · ug كىسلاتا (in chemistry) · alt кычкыл (in chemistry) · sa आम्ल (in chemistry) · hi तुर्शी (a sour substance) · ota حامض (a sour substance) · mn хүчил (a sour substance) · uk кислота́ (a sour substance) · et hape (a sour substance) · gl ácido (in chemistry) · uk кислота́ (in chemistry) · tg ҳомуз (in chemistry) · fa-ira تُرْشی (a sour substance) · ja 酸 (a sour substance) · nn syre (LSD) · tk kislota (in chemistry) · ast ácidu (in chemistry) · vi axít (a sour substance) · ca àcid (LSD) · sq thartor (a sour substance) · ja 酸 (in chemistry) · be кіслата́ (in chemistry) · bo སྐྱུར་རྫས (in chemistry) · km អាស៊ីត (a sour substance) · sv syra (a sour substance) · mn хүчил (in chemistry) · tr asit (in chemistry) · yo ásíìdì (a sour substance) · sh есид (LSD) · sq acid (a sour substance) · lo ກົດ (a sour substance) · he חוּמצָה (a sour substance) · sh киселѝна (in chemistry) · sl kislina (a sour substance) · ro acid (in chemistry) · et hape (LSD) · cs kyselina (in chemistry) · uz kislota (a sour substance) · et hape (in chemistry) · ko 산 (in chemistry) · hi तेजाब (a sour substance) · cy suryn (a sour substance) · lb Saier (a sour substance) · ug كىسلاتا (a sour substance) · kk қышқыл (a sour substance) · pt ácido (a sour substance) · nn syre (a sour substance) · uz kislota (in chemistry) · cy asid (in chemistry) · hi अम्ल (in chemistry) · bg киселина́ (in chemistry) · km គីមីអាស៊ីត (in chemistry) · ko 산 (a sour substance) · prs تیزَاب (a sour substance) · eo acido (in chemistry) · lv skābe (in chemistry) · th กรด (a sour substance) · kk қышқылдық (a sour substance) · sh киселѝна (a sour substance) · lt rūgštis (a sour substance) · vi axít (in chemistry) · lt rūgštis (in chemistry) · ca àcid (a sour substance) · tg кислота (a sour substance) · sv syra (in chemistry) · ur ایسِڈ (in chemistry) · pt ácido (LSD) · ka მჟავა (a sour substance) · fr acide (a sour substance) · ur حَمْض (in chemistry) · eo acido (LSD) · ps زونځه (in chemistry) · es ácido (in chemistry) · ro acid (LSD) · is sýra (a sour substance) · ga aigéad (a sour substance) · ab аҵәҵәы́ра (a sour substance) · sa अम्लम् (a sour substance) · ky кычкылдык (a sour substance) · cmn 麥角酸二乙醯胺 /麦角酸二乙醯胺 (LSD) · da syre (a sour substance) · fi hapan aine (a sour substance) · th กรด (in chemistry) · sh kiselìna (in chemistry)

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acid en · ADJ

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acid en · NOUN

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