corrosive

corrosive

English

Warning symbol for corrosive substances.

Etymology

From Old French corrosif

Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

1. 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.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
   • Shakespeare

     Care is no cure, but corrosive.

3. destroying or undermining something gradually

Related terms

• corrosively
• corrosiveness
• corrosivity
• corrode

Translations

destroying texture or substance of a body

Bulgarian: разяждащ (bg) (razjaždašt), корозионен (korozionen) Catalan: corrosiu Czech: žíravý m Dutch: corrosief (nl) Greek: διαβρωτικός (el) m (diavrotikós) Norwegian: Bokmål: etsende

Scottish Gaelic: loisgeach Spanish: corrosivo (es) m Turkish: aşındırıcı Welsh: ysol (cy)

Noun

corrosive (plural corrosives)

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Translations

substance harming living tissue or damaging material

Czech: žíravina (cs) f

Turkish: aşındırıcı

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French

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine singular of corrosif

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Italian

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine plural of corrosivo

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Latin

Adjective

corrōsive

1. vocative masculine singular of corrōsivus