English Explanatory Dictionary

acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
  2. Sour-tempered.
  3. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
  4. Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
noun
  1. A sour substance.
  2. Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
  3. Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
  4. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
  5. Any corrosive substance.
  6. LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.
noun
  1. Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.

Pronunciation

ăs'ĭd /ˈæsɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-acid.wav En-us-acid.ogg

Word forms

acid acider acidest acids

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. 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.

Synonyms

acidic acid

Antonyms

alkaline base alkali

Related words

acetic acerbic acro- pH :Category:Acids

Derived words

acidaemia acid amide acid anhydride acid attack acid-base acid-base pair acid bomb acid breaks acid chloride acidcore acid dissociation constant acid drop acidemia acidergic acid-fastness acid-free acid house acidimetre acidimetric acidimetry acid indigestion acidise acidization acidize acid jazz acidless acid lime acid mordant acidness acid number acidocyte acidogenesis acidogenic acidoid acidolysis acidometer acidophil acidophilia acidophyte acidopore acidotropic acid reflux acid rock acid snow acid-stable acid-tongued acidulate acidulous aciduria acid value acid-wash acid-washable acid weed acidy acitretin antacid antiacid biacid conjugate acid-base pair diacid

Translations

Albanian: acid Albanian: thartor Southern Altai: кычкыл Amharic: አሲድ Arabic: حَامِض Arabic: حَمْض Armenian: թթու Asturian: ácidu Azerbaijani: turşu Basque: azido Belarusian: кіслата́ Bengali: অম্ল Bulgarian: киселина́ Burmese: အက်စစ် Catalan: àcid Chinese Cantonese: 酸 Chinese Mandarin: 酸 Czech: kyselina Danish: syre Dutch: zuur Erzya: чапо Esperanto: acido Estonian: hape Faroese: sýra Finnish: happo French: acide Friulian: acit Galician: ácido Georgian: მჟავა German: Säure Greek: οξύ Hawaiian: waiʻawa Hebrew: חוּמצָה Hindi: तेज़ाब Hindi: अम्ल Hindi: तेजाब Hungarian: sav Icelandic: sýra Ido: acido Indonesian: asam Interlingua: acido Irish: aigéad Italian: acido Japanese: 酸
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