syre

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See also: Syre, sýre, and -syre

English

Noun

syre (plural syres)

  1. Obsolete form of sire.

Verb

syre (third-person singular simple present syres, present participle syring, simple past and past participle syred)

  1. Obsolete form of sire.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýra. See also sur.

Pronunciation

Noun

syre c (singular definite syren, plural indefinite syrer)

  1. (chemistry) acid (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry acid)
    Saltsyre er en stærk syre
    Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid
  2. (of food) The state of being sour.
    Denne suppe mangler lidt syre
    This soup needs a little sourness

Declension

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of acid): base

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Latin

Adjective

syre

  1. vocative masculine singular of syrus

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Adjective

syre

  1. inflection of syry:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

Noun

syre

  1. Alternative form of sire

Norwegian Bokmål

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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)

  1. (an) acid

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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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)

  1. (chemistry) an acid
  2. sour whey
  3. (slang) LSD
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Verb

syre (present tense syrar/syrer, past tense syra/syrte, past participle syra/syrt, passive infinitive syrast, present participle syrande, imperative syre/syr)

  1. (transitive) to make more sour or acidic
  2. (intransitive) to rot and smell
  3. (transitive) to corrode with acid
Derived terms

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)

  1. (botany) rumex, sorrel
    Synonyms: engsyre, matsyre, surblad
  2. wood sorrel
    Synonyms: gauksyre, surkløver
  3. (botany) plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves
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Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

syre

  1. locative singular of syr

Swedish

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈsyːˌrɛ/
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Noun

syre n (uncountable)

  1. oxygen
    Synonym: oxygen (rare)

Declension

Declension of syre
nominative genitive
singular indefinite syre syres
definite syret syrets
plural indefinite
definite

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