"acid rain" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-acid rain.wav Forms: acid rains [plural]
Etymology: Coined in 1872 by Scottish chemist Robert Angus Smith. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acid rain (countable and uncountable, plural acid rains)
  1. Rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds. Wikipedia link: Robert Angus Smith Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Acids, Carbon, Rain, Sulfur Translations (unusually acidic rain): shiu acid (Albanian), مَطَر حَمْضِيّ (maṭar ḥamḍiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), кісло́тны дождж (kislótny doždž) [masculine] (Belarusian), киселинен дъжд (kiselinen dǎžd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pluja àcida (Catalan), 酸雨 (suānyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 酸性雨 (suānxìngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kyselý déšť [masculine] (Czech), syreregn [common-gender] (Danish), zure regen (Dutch), acida pluvo (Esperanto), happesademed (Estonian), sýruregn [neuter] (Faroese), happosade (Finnish), pluie acide [feminine] (French), მჟავა წვიმა (mžava c̣vima) (Georgian), მჟავური წვიმა (mžavuri c̣vima) (Georgian), saurer Regen [masculine] (German), όξινη βροχή (óxini vrochí) [feminine] (Greek), גשם חומצי (Hebrew), अम्लीय वर्षा (amlīya varṣā) [feminine] (Hindi), savas eső (Hungarian), súrt regn [neuter] (Icelandic), hujan asam (Indonesian), báisteach aigéadach [feminine] (Irish), pioggia acida [feminine] (Italian), 酸性雨 (sanseiu) (Japanese), қышқылды жаңбыр (qyşqyldy jañbyr) (Kazakh), អាស៊ីតទឹកភ្លៀង (aasii tɑɑ tɨk pliəng) (Khmer), 산성비 (sanseongbi) (Korean), skābais lietus [masculine] (Latvian), rūgštusis lietus [masculine] (Lithuanian), sauere Reen [masculine] (Luxembourgish), кисел дожд (kisel dožd) [masculine] (Macedonian), hujan asid (Malay), അമ്ലമഴ (amlamaḻa) (Malayalam), ua kawa (Maori), sur nedbør (Norwegian), باران اسیدی (bârân-e asidi) (Persian), kwaśny deszcz [masculine] (Polish), chuva ácida [feminine] (Portuguese), ploaie acidă [feminine] (Romanian), кисло́тный дождь (kislótnyj doždʹ) [masculine] (Russian), uisge-searbhaig [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ки̏села ки̏ша [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kȉsela kȉša [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kyslý dážď [masculine] (Slovak), kisli dež [masculine] (Slovene), lluvia ácida [feminine] (Spanish), surt regn [neuter] (Swedish), ఆమ్ల వర్షం (āmla varṣaṁ) (Telugu), ฝนกรด (fŏn gròt) (Thai), asit yağmuru (Turkish), кисло́тний дощ (kyslótnyj došč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mưa axit (Vietnamese)
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suānyǔ",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
          "word": "酸雨"
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          "roman": "suānxìngyǔ",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "mžava c̣vima",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
          "word": "მჟავა წვიმა"
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          "roman": "aasii tɑɑ tɨk pliəng",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
          "word": "អាស៊ីតទឹកភ្លៀង"
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          "word": "산성비"
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "word": "باران اسیدی"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "word": "lluvia ácida"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "word": "surt regn"
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          "code": "te",
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          "roman": "āmla varṣaṁ",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
          "word": "ఆమ్ల వర్షం"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "fŏn gròt",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
          "word": "asit yağmuru"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kyslótnyj došč",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кисло́тний дощ"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
          "word": "mưa axit"
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      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "pluja àcida"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suānyǔ",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "酸雨"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suānxìngyǔ",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "acida pluvo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "happesademed"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sýruregn"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "happosade"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pluie acide"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mžava c̣vima",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "მჟავა წვიმა"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mžavuri c̣vima",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "მჟავური წვიმა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saurer Regen"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "óxini vrochí",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "όξινη βροχή"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "גשם חומצי"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "amlīya varṣā",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "अम्लीय वर्षा"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "savas eső"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "súrt regn"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "hujan asam"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "báisteach aigéadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pioggia acida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sanseiu",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "酸性雨"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qyşqyldy jañbyr",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "қышқылды жаңбыр"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qyşqyldy jañbyr",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "қышқылды жаңбыр"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "aasii tɑɑ tɨk pliəng",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "អាស៊ីតទឹកភ្លៀង"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanseongbi",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "산성비"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skābais lietus"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rūgštusis lietus"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sauere Reen"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kisel dožd",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кисел дожд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "hujan asid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "amlamaḻa",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "അമ്ലമഴ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "ua kawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "sur nedbør"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bârân-e asidi",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "باران اسیدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kwaśny deszcz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chuva ácida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ploaie acidă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kislótnyj doždʹ",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кисло́тный дождь"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uisge-searbhaig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ки̏села ки̏ша"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kȉsela kȉša"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kyslý dážď"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kisli dež"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lluvia ácida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "surt regn"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "āmla varṣaṁ",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "ఆమ్ల వర్షం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "fŏn gròt",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "ฝนกรด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "asit yağmuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kyslótnyj došč",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кисло́тний дощ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unusually acidic rain",
      "word": "mưa axit"
    }
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  "word": "acid rain"
}

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