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)
- Saltsyre er en stærk syre
- Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid
- (of food) The state of being sour.
- Denne suppe mangler lidt syre
- This soup needs a little sourness
Declension
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | syre | syren | syrer | syrerne |
| genitive | syres | syrens | syrers | syrernes |
Antonyms
- (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’s 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): /ˈsɨrɛ/, [ˈsɨrə]
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
- aminosyre
- benzosyre
- blåsyre
- borsyre
- eddiksyre
- fettsyre
- flussyre
- fosforsyre
- karbamidsyre
- karboksylsyre
- karbonsyre
- kullsyre
- melkesyre, mjølkesyre
- nukleinsyre
- salpetersyre
- saltsyre
- sorbinsyre
- svovelsyre
- syrefast
- syrlig
- urinsyre
References
- “syre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sýra. The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)
- (chemistry) an acid
- sour whey
Derived terms
- acetylsalisylsyre
- alginsyre
- aminosyre
- askorbinsyre
- barbitursyre
- benzosyre
- blåsyre
- borsyre
- deoksyribonukleinsyre
- eddiksyre
- eplesyre
- feittsyre
- flussyre
- folsyre
- fosforsyre
- ftalsyre
- gallesyre
- karbamidsyre
- karboksylsyre
- karbolsyre
- karbonsyre
- karminsyre
- kiselsyre
- kolsyre
- kromsyre
- linolensyre
- linolsyre
- lysergsyre
- magesyre
- maursyre
- mjølkesyre
- nukleinsyre
- oksalsyre
- omegatrefeittsyre
- palmitinsyre
- pikrinsyre
- propionsyre
- salisylsyre
- salpetersyre
- saltsyre
- sitronsyre
- smørsyre
- sorbinsyre
- svovelsyre
- syrebad
- syrebeis
- syreblande
- syrefast
- syrevekkar
- syrevekkjar
- tiosvovelsyre
- urinsyre
- vinsyre
- xantogensyre
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)
- (botany) rumex, sorrel
- (botany) plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves
Derived terms
- engsyre
- gauksyre
- matsyre
- raudsyre
- småsyre
- syregras
References
- “syre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsire]
Noun
syre
- locative singular of syr
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| O | |
| Previous: kväve (N) | |
| Next: fluor (F) | |
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/
Audio (file)
Noun
syre n (uncountable)
- oxygen
- Synonym: oxygen (rare)
Declension
| Declension of syre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | syre | syret | — | — |
| Genitive | syres | syrets | — | — |
References
- syre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)