syre
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Noun
syre (plural syres)
Verb
syre (third-person singular simple present syres, present participle syring, simple past and past participle syred)
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
syre c (singular definite syren, plural indefinite syrer)
- (chemistry) acid (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry acid)
- Saltsyre er en stærk syre
- Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid
- (of food) The state of being sour.
- Denne suppe mangler lidt syre
- This soup needs a little sourness
Declension
Declension of syre
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “acid”): base
Related terms
References
- “syre” in Den Danske Ordbog
Adjective
syre
References
- syre in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Pronunciation
Adjective
syre
- inflection of syry:
Noun
syre
- Alternative form of sire
Etymology
From Old Norse sýra, from Proto-Germanic *sūrą.
Noun
syre f or m (definite singular syra or syren, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)
- (an) acid
Derived terms
References
- “syre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sýra. The verb is derived from the noun. The term for LSD is a Calque of English acid.
Noun
syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)
Derived terms
- acetylsalisylsyre
- alginsyre
- aminosyre
- askorbinsyre
- barbitursyre
- benzosyre
- blåsyre
- borsyre
- deoksyribonukleinsyre
- eddiksyre
- eplesyre
- feittsyre
- flussyre
- folsyre
- fosforsyre
- ftalsyre
- gallesyre
- karbamidsyre
- karboksylsyre
- karbolsyre
- karbonsyre
- karminsyre
- kiselsyre
- kolsyre
- kromsyre
- linolensyre
- linolsyre
- lysergsyre
- magesyre
- maursyre
- mjølkesyre
- nukleinsyre
- oksalsyre
- omegatrefeittsyre
- palmitinsyre
- pikrinsyre
- propionsyre
- salisylsyre
- salpetersyre
- saltsyre
- sitronsyre
- smørsyre
- sorbinsyre
- svovelsyre
- syrebad
- syrebeis
- syreblande
- syrefast
- syrevekkar
- syrevekkjar
- tiosvovelsyre
- urinsyre
- vinsyre
- xantogensyre
Verb
syre (present tense syrar/syrer, past tense syra/syrte, past participle syra/syrt, passive infinitive syrast, present participle syrande, imperative syre/syr)
- (transitive) to make more sour or acidic
- (intransitive) to rot and smell
- (transitive) to corrode with acid
Derived terms
- gjennomsyre
Etymology 2
From Old Norse súra. The vowel might be Akin to Icelandic súra.
Noun
syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)
- (botany) rumex, sorrel
- Synonyms: engsyre, matsyre, surblad
- wood sorrel
- Synonyms: gauksyre, surkløver
- (botany) plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves
Derived terms
- engsyre
- gauksyre
- matsyre
- raudsyre
- småsyre
- syregras
References
- “syre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pronunciation
Noun
syre
| Chemical element | |
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| O | |
| Previous: kväve (N) | |
| Next: fluor (F) | |
Etymology
From sur (“sour”) and syrlig (“acidic”). Coined by Swedish scientists Pehr von Afzelius and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1795, based on the early belief that oxygen was a main ingredient in all acids. Analogue with kväve (“nitrogen”) and väte (“hydrogen”). Cognate with Latin oxygenium.
Pronunciation
Noun
syre n (uncountable)
Declension
Derived terms
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