corrode

corrode

See also: corrodé

English

Etymology

From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrodere (“to gnaw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹəʊd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹoʊd/, [kəˈɹoʊ̯d], [kɚˈ(ɹ)oʊ̯d]
• Rhymes: -əʊd

Verb

corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)

1. (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

   My morale is being corroded day by day.

3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Synonyms

• (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear

Derived terms

• corroding lead

Translations

to eat away

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Asturian: corroyer Bulgarian: разяждам (bg) (razjaždam) Catalan: corroir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 腐蝕／腐蚀 (zh) (fǔshí) Dutch: uithollen (nl), roesten (nl), corroderen (nl), uitbijten (nl), inbijten (nl), aanvreten (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: syövyttää (fi) (by acid/alkali), ruostuttaa (rust), kulua (fi) (wear), kuluttaa (fi), syödä (fi) (informal) French: éroder (fr), rouiller (fr) Galician: corroer German: zerfressen (de) Greek: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: שיתך‎ (shitékh), איכל‎ (ikél) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: æta Italian: corrodere (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Maori: pūnguru Portuguese: corroer (pt) Russian: разъеда́ть (ru) impf (razʺjedátʹ), разъе́сть (ru) pf (razʺjéstʹ) Spanish: corroer (es) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: ăn mòn (vi)

to consume

Catalan: corroir (ca) Dutch: corroderen (nl)

to have corrosive action

Bulgarian: кородирам (korodiram) Catalan: corroir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 侵蝕／侵蚀 (zh) (qīnshí) Dutch: corroderen (nl) Finnish: syöpyä (fi), ruostua (fi) (rust) French: corroder (fr) German: korrodieren, rosten (de) Portuguese: corroer (pt) Russian: корроди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (korrodírovatʹ), ржаве́ть (ru) impf (ržavétʹ), заржаве́ть (ru) pf (zaržavétʹ) Spanish: corroer (es)

Anagrams

• Cordero

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French

Verb

corrode

1. inflection of corroder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

Verb

corrode

1. third-person singular present indicative of corrodere

Anagrams

• corredo, corredò, decorro

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Latin

Verb

corrōde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of corrōdō