Phrase guide

gastric acid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈɡæstɹɪk ˈæsɪd/
  • General-American: [ˈɡæst͡ʃhɹɪk ˈæsɪd]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The acidic secretion of the stomach; mostly hydrochloric acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gastric juice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digestive juice, digestive fluid

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: maagsuur — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Arabic: عُصَارَة هَضْمِيَّة (ʕuṣāra haḍmiya) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Armenian: ստամոքսահյութ (stamokʻsahyutʻ) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Azerbaijani: mədə şirəsi — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Basque: urin gastriko — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Belarusian: страўнікавы сок (strawnikavy sok) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Bulgarian: стомашен сок (stomašen sok) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Catalan: àcid gàstric — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Catalan: suc gàstric — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese Cantonese: 胃酸 (wai6 syun1) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese Cantonese: 胃液 (wai6 jik6) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese Cantonese: 胃汁 (wai6 zap1) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 胃酸 (ôi-sŏng) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Hakka Chinese: 胃酸 (vi-sôn) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese: 刺酸 (zh-min-nan) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese: 胃酸 (ūi-sng) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese: 胃液 (ūi-e̍k) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胃酸 (wèisuān) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胃液 (wèiyè) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胃汁 (wèizhī) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Wu Chinese: 胃酸 (6we-soe) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Czech: žaludeční šťáva — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Danish: mavesaft — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Danish: mavesyre — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Dhivehi: މައިދާ ޖޫސް (maidā jūs) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Dutch: maagzuur — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Esperanto: stomaksuko — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Estonian: maomahl — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Finnish: mahaneste — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Finnish: vatsahappo — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • French: acide gastrique — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • French: suc gastrique — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Galician: zume gástrico — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • German: Magensäure — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • German: Magensaft — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Greek: γαστρικό οξύ (gastrikó oxý) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Hindi: जठराम्ल (jaṭhrāmla) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Icelandic: magasafi — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Indonesian: asam lambung — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Irish: aigéad goile — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Italian: succo gastrico — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Japanese: 胃酸 (isan) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Kazakh: қарын сөлі (qaryn sölı) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Korean: 위산 (wisan) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Korean: 위액 (wiaek) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Luxembourgish: Mosaaft — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Macedonian: желудочен сок (želudočen sok) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Māori: waikawa puku — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Persian: اسید معده — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Polish: kwas żołądkowy — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Polish: sok żołądkowy — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Portuguese: ácido gástrico — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Portuguese: suco gástrico — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Romanian: suc gastric — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Russian: желу́дочный сок (želúdočnyj sok) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Spanish: ácido gástrico — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Spanish: jugo gástrico — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Stoney: mînîyathi — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Swedish: magsyra — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Swedish: magsaft — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Telugu: జీర్ణరసము (jīrṇarasamu) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Thai: กรดกระเพาะอาหาร — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Turkish: gastrik asit — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Ukrainian: шлунковий сік (šlunkovyj sik) — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Vietnamese: dịch vị — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Volapük: stomägavaet — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Welsh: asid gastrig — acidic secretion of the stomach
  • Welsh: asid y stumog — acidic secretion of the stomach