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

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

syre

Wikipedia ^no

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.

 

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

syre

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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

 

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

syre

Wikipedia ^sv

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)

• syrebrist (“lack of oxygen; hypoxia”)
• syresätta (“oxygenate”)
• syrgas (“O₂, molecular oxygen”)

• syre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• syre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• syre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)