syre

== English == === Noun === syre (plural syres) Obsolete form of sire. === Verb === syre (third-person singular simple present syres, present participle syring, simple past and past participle syred) Obsolete form of sire. === Anagrams === Srey, Yers, Yser, reys, ryes, yers == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse sýra. See also sur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsyːʌ/ === Noun === syre c (singular definite syren, plural indefinite syrer) (chemistry) acid (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry acid) (of food) The state of being sour. ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “acid”): base ==== Related terms ==== sur, syrlig === References === “syre” in Den Danske Ordbog == Latin == === Adjective === syre vocative masculine singular of syrus === References === "syre", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɨ.rɛ/ Rhymes: -ɨrɛ Syllabification: sy‧re === Adjective === syre inflection of syry: neuter nominative/accusative singular nominative/accusative plural == Middle English == === Noun === syre alternative form of sire == Norwegian Bokmål == === 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. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === 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) (chemistry) an acid sour whey (slang) LSD ===== Derived terms ===== ==== 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) rumex, sorrel Synonyms: engsyre, matsyre, surblad, suru, syrke, syrstilk wood sorrel Synonyms: gauksyre, smiril, surkløver plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “syre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sire/, [ˈsire] Rhymes: -ire Hyphenation: sy‧re === Noun === syre locative singular of syr == Swedish == === 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”). Compare origin of Latin oxygenium and German Sauerstoff. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsyːˌrɛ/ === Noun === syre n (uncountable) oxygen Synonym: oxygen (rare) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== syrebrist (“lack of oxygen; hypoxia”) syresätta (“oxygenate”) syrgas (“O2, molecular oxygen”) === References === “syre”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “syre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “syre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)