syre

syre (plural syres)

1. Obsolete form of sire.

syre (third-person singular simple present syres, present participle syring, simple past and past participle syred)

1. Obsolete form of sire.

• Srey, Yers, Yser, reys, ryes, yers

From Old Norse sýra. See also sur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyːʌ/

syre c (singular definite syren, plural indefinite syrer)

1. (chemistry) acid (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry acid)

   Saltsyre er en stærk syre

   Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid

2. (of food) The state of being sour.

   Denne suppe mangler lidt syre

   This soup needs a little sourness

• (antonym(s) of “acid”): base

• sur, syrlig

• “syre” in Den Danske Ordbog

syre

1. vocative masculine singular of syrus

• 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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨrɛ/, [ˈsɨrə]

syre

1. inflection of syry:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

syre

1. Alternative form of sire

From Old Norse sýra, from Proto-Germanic *sūrą.

syre f or m (definite singular syra or syren, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)

1. (an) acid

• “syre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse sýra. The verb is derived from the noun. The term for LSD is a Calque of English acid.

syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)

1. (chemistry) an acid
2. sour whey
3. (slang) LSD

syre (present tense syrar/syrer, past tense syra/syrte, past participle syra/syrt, passive infinitive syrast, present participle syrande, imperative syre/syr)

1. (transitive) to make more sour or acidic
2. (intransitive) to rot and smell
3. (transitive) to corrode with acid

• gjennomsyre

From Old Norse súra. The vowel might be Akin to Icelandic súra.

syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)

1. (botany) rumex, sorrel

   Synonyms: engsyre, matsyre, surblad

2. wood sorrel

   Synonyms: gauksyre, surkløver

3. (botany) plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves

• “syre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsire]

syre

1. locative singular of syr

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyːˌrɛ/

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syre n (uncountable)

1. oxygen

   Synonym: oxygen (rare)

• syre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)