acidic

English

Etymology

acid +‎ -ic. Doublet of acidy.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈsɪdɪk/, enPR: əsĭdʹĭk
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: a‧cid‧ic

Adjective

acidic (comparative more acidic, superlative most acidic)

(chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
(petrology) Containing a high percentage of silica-bearing minerals; opposed to basic.
Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.
an acidic solution

Synonyms

acid

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “having pH less than 7”): basic

Derived terms

Translations

chemistry: having pH less than 7

Asturian: ácidu (ast)
Belarusian: кі́слы m (kísly)
Catalan: àcid (ca)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr)
Galician: ácido (gl)
German: sauer (de)
Greek: όξινος (el) (óxinos)
Hebrew: חֻמְצִי (ẖumtzí)
Hungarian: savas (hu)
Irish: aigéadach
Italian: acido (it)
Malayalam: അമ്ല (ml) (amla)
Old English: āfor
Polish: kwasowy (pl)
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Romanian: acid (ro)
Russian: кисло́тный (ru) (kislótnyj), ки́слый (ru) (kíslyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kȉseo (sh)
Spanish: ácido (es)
Swedish: sur (sv), syrlig (sv)
Tagalog: malala
Turkish: asidik (tr)
Ukrainian: кисло́тний (kyslótnyj), ки́слий (uk) (kýslyj)

petrology: containing a high percentage of silica-bearing minerals

Catalan: àcid (ca)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} acide (fr)
Irish: aigéadach
Romanian: acid (ro)
Serbo-Croatian: kȉseo (sh)

of or relating to acid

Asturian: ácidu (ast)
Belarusian: кі́слы m (kísly)
Catalan: àcid (ca)
Esperanto: acida (eo)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr)
Galician: ácido (gl)
Greek: όξινος (el) (óxinos)
Hungarian: savas (hu)
Irish: aigéadach
Norwegian: syrlig (no)
Old English: āfor
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Romanian: acid (ro)
Russian: кисло́тный (ru) (kislótnyj), ки́слый (ru) (kíslyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kisèlīnskī (sh)
Spanish: ácido (es)
Swedish: syra-
Turkish: asidik (tr)
Ukrainian: кисло́тний (kyslótnyj)

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} sauer (de), ^{(please verify)} säurehaltig (de)
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} ái (t-)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} asam (id), ^{(please verify)} bersifat asam
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} acide
Italian: ^{(please verify)} acido (it)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 酸性 (ja) (さんせい, sansei)
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} aî (t-)

References

“acidic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Interlingua

Adjective

acidic (not comparable)

acidic, acid

Related terms

acido

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