acidic

English

Etymology

acid +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈsɪdɪk/, enPR: əsĭdʹĭk
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.
(mineralogy) Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.
Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.
an acidic solution

Synonyms

acid

Antonyms

(having pH less than 7): basic

Translations

chemistry: having pH less than 7

Asturian: ácidu
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)
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Russian: кисло́тный (ru) (kislótnyj), ки́слый (ru) (kíslyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kȉseo (sh)
Spanish: ácido (es)
Swedish: sur (sv), syrlig (sv)
Tagalog: malala

mineralogy: containing a high percentage of silica

Catalan: àcid (ca)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} acide (fr)

Irish: aigéadach
Serbo-Croatian: kȉseo (sh)

of or relating to acid

Asturian: ácidu
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
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Russian: кисло́тный (ru) (kislótnyj), ки́слый (ru) (kíslyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kisèlīnskī (sh)
Spanish: ácido (es)
Swedish: syra-

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} acid (ro)
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} aî (t-)

References

acidic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Adjective

acidic (not comparable)

acidic, acid

Related terms

acido

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