corrosive

== English == === Etymology === From Old French corrosif. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈɹoʊsɪv/ (Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈɹəʉsɪv/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɐʉsəv/ === Adjective === corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive) Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. Destroying or undermining something gradually. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === corrosive (plural corrosives) That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁo.ziv/ === Adjective === corrosive feminine singular of corrosif == Italian == === Adjective === corrosive feminine plural of corrosivo == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔr.roːˈsiː.wɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kor.roˈs̬iː.ve] === Adjective === corrōsīve vocative masculine singular of corrōsīvus