acidic

English

Etymology

From acid +‎ -ic. Doublet of acidy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈsɪdɪk/, enPR: əsĭdʹĭk

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: a‧cid‧ic

Adjective

acidic (comparative more acidic, superlative most acidic)

1. (chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
   • 2015, Ramesh Gampat, Guyana: from Slavery to the Present, volume 2:

     The swampland is an extensive pegasse swamp, which is rich in organic matter and intensely acidic.

2. (petrology) Containing a high percentage of silica-bearing minerals; opposed to basic.
3. 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

• acidically
• aminoacidic
• anacidic
• diacidic
• glial fibrillary acidic protein
• hyperacidic
• hypoacidic
• monoacidic
• nonacidic
• overacidic
• peracidic
• polyacidic
• subacidic
• thermoacidic
• triacidic
• unacidic

 

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-, syrlig (sv) 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)

1. acidic, acid

Related terms

• acido