"acidify" meaning in All languages combined

See acidify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/ Forms: acidifies [present, singular, third-person], acidifying [participle, present], acidified [participle, past], acidified [past]
Etymology: From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|acid|ify}} acid + -ify, {{uder|en|la|acidus||sour, acid}} Latin acidus (“sour, acid”), {{cog|fr|acidifier}} French acidifier Head templates: {{en-verb}} acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)
  1. To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (to make something acidic): подкислявам (podkisljavam) (Bulgarian), acidificar (Catalan), 酸化 (suānhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), verzuren (Dutch), happamoittaa (Finnish), happamoitua (Finnish), hapottaa (Finnish), hapottua (Finnish), acidifier (French), säuern (German), acidificar (Interlingua), aigéadaigh (Irish), acidificare (Italian), whakakawa (Maori), whakawaikawa (Maori), acidificar (Portuguese), acidifica (Romanian), окисля́ть (okisljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оки́слить (okíslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), подкисля́ть (podkisljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подки́слить (podkíslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), acidificar (Spanish), syra (Swedish), försura (english: land or water) (Swedish), asideiddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-acidify-en-verb-nM1zKlFT Disambiguation of Chemistry: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of 'to make something acidic': 87 10 3
  2. To neutralize alkalis. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (to neutralize alkalis): неутрализирам (neutraliziram) (Bulgarian), hapottaa (Finnish), aigéadaigh (Irish)
    Sense id: en-acidify-en-verb-bb65ShA7 Disambiguation of Chemistry: 49 51 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ify, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 48 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 53 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 52 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 18 53 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 51 28 Disambiguation of 'to neutralize alkalis': 2 95 3
  3. (figurative) To sour; to embitter. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (to embitter): katkeroittaa (Finnish), katkeroitua (Finnish), whakakawa (Maori)
    Sense id: en-acidify-en-verb-Meg2V0j9 Disambiguation of 'to embitter': 2 7 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acidifiable, acidific, disacidify, nonacidified, reacidify, unacidified Related terms: acidification

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for acidify meaning in All languages combined (7.1kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "alkalify"
    },
    {
      "word": "basify"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "acidifiable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "acidific"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "disacidify"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nonacidified"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "reacidify"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unacidified"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "acid",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "acid + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "acidus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sour, acid"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin acidus (“sour, acid”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "acidifier"
      },
      "expansion": "French acidifier",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acidifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "acidification"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid."
      ],
      "id": "en-acidify-en-verb-nM1zKlFT",
      "links": [
        [
          "acidic",
          "acidic"
        ],
        [
          "sour",
          "sour"
        ],
        [
          "acid",
          "acid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podkisljavam",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "подкислявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "acidificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suānhuà",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "酸化"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "verzuren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "happamoittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "happamoitua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "hapottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "hapottua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "acidifier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "säuern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "acidificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "aigéadaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "acidificare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "whakakawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "whakawaikawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "acidificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "acidifica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okisljátʹ",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "окисля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okíslitʹ",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оки́слить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podkisljátʹ",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подкисля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podkíslitʹ",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "подки́слить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "acidificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "syra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "land or water",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "försura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 10 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to make something acidic",
          "word": "asideiddio"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 48 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 53 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 52 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 53 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ify",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 51 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to acidify sugar",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To neutralize alkalis."
      ],
      "id": "en-acidify-en-verb-bb65ShA7",
      "links": [
        [
          "neutralize",
          "neutralize"
        ],
        [
          "alkali",
          "alkali"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "neutraliziram",
          "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
          "word": "неутрализирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
          "word": "hapottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
          "word": "aigéadaigh"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To sour; to embitter."
      ],
      "id": "en-acidify-en-verb-Meg2V0j9",
      "links": [
        [
          "embitter",
          "embitter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To sour; to embitter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 7 91",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to embitter",
          "word": "katkeroittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 7 91",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to embitter",
          "word": "katkeroitua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 7 91",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to embitter",
          "word": "whakakawa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acidify"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "alkalify"
    },
    {
      "word": "basify"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English ergative verbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms suffixed with -ify",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English transitive verbs",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Chemistry"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acidifiable"
    },
    {
      "word": "acidific"
    },
    {
      "word": "disacidify"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonacidified"
    },
    {
      "word": "reacidify"
    },
    {
      "word": "unacidified"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "acid",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "acid + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "acidus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sour, acid"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin acidus (“sour, acid”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "acidifier"
      },
      "expansion": "French acidifier",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acidifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acidified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "acidification"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acidic",
          "acidic"
        ],
        [
          "sour",
          "sour"
        ],
        [
          "acid",
          "acid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to acidify sugar",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To neutralize alkalis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neutralize",
          "neutralize"
        ],
        [
          "alkali",
          "alkali"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To sour; to embitter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embitter",
          "embitter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To sour; to embitter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podkisljavam",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "подкислявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suānhuà",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "酸化"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "verzuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "happamoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "happamoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "hapottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "hapottua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "säuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "aigéadaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "whakakawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "whakawaikawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okisljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "окисля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okíslitʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оки́слить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkisljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подкисля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkíslitʹ",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подки́слить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "acidificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "syra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "land or water",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "försura"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make something acidic",
      "word": "asideiddio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neutraliziram",
      "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
      "word": "неутрализирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
      "word": "hapottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to neutralize alkalis",
      "word": "aigéadaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to embitter",
      "word": "katkeroittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to embitter",
      "word": "katkeroitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to embitter",
      "word": "whakakawa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acidify"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.