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hydrochloric acid

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌhaɪdrəʊˌklɔrɪkˈæsɪd/
  • General-American: /ˌhaɪdrə-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æsɪd

1

noun

Meaning 1

A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: gastric acid, stomach acid, gastric juice (which is mostly hydrochloric acid)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mul:E507, muriatic acid, spirit of salt, spirits of salts, swimming pool acid, gastric acid, stomach acid, gastric juice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hydrohalic acid, hydracid, acid, compound, substance, material

2

noun

Meaning 2

an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride; a strongly corrosive acid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chlorohydric acid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acid

Narrower terms: muriatic acid

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: soutsuur — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Arabic: حَامِض الْهِيدْرُولِيك (ḥāmiḍ al-hīdrūlīk) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Arabic: حَمْض الْهِيدْرُولِيك (ḥamḍ al-hīdrūlīk) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Armenian: քլորաջրածնական թթու (kʻloraǰracnakan tʻtʻu) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Azerbaijani: xlorid turşusu — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Basque: azido muriatiko — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Belarusian: саляная кіслата (saljanaja kislata) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Belarusian: хлорыставадародная кіслата (xlorystavadarodnaja kislata) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Bengali: মিউরিয়েটিক এসিড (miuriẏeṭik eśiḍ) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Bengali: হাইড্রোক্লোরিক এসিড (haiḍrōklōrik eśiḍ) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Bulgarian: со́лна киселина́ (sólna kiseliná) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Bulgarian: хлороводо́родна киселина́ (hlorovodórodna kiseliná) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Catalan: àcid clorhídric — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Catalan: clorur d'hidrogen — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Catalan: salfumant — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鹽酸 /盐酸 (jim4 syun1) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Chinese Cantonese: 氫氯酸 /氢氯酸 (hing1 luk6 syun1) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鹽酸 /盐酸 (yánsuān) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氫氯酸 /氢氯酸 (qīnglǜsuān) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Czech: kyselina chlorovodíková — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Czech: kyselina solná — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Danish: saltsyre — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Dutch: zoutzuur — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Esperanto: acido klorhidra — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Estonian: soolhape — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Estonian: vesinikkloriidhape — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Finnish: suolahappo — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Finnish: vetykloridihappo — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Finnish: kloorivetyhappo — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • French: acide chlorhydrique — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • French: acide muriatique — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Georgian: მარილმჟავა (marilmžava) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • German: Salzsäure — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Greek: υδροχλωρικό οξύ (ydrochlorikó oxý) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Gujarati: લવણામ્લ (lavṇāmla) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Gujarati: મીઠાંનો તેજાબ (mīṭhā̃no tejāb) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Hindi: नमक का अम्ल (namak kā amla) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Hungarian: sósav — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Icelandic: saltsýra — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Indonesian: asam klorida — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Irish: aigéad hidreaclórach — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Italian: acido cloridrico — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Japanese: 塩酸 (ensan) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Kazakh: тұз қышқылы (tūz qyşqyly) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Khmer: អាស៊ីតក្លរីឌ្រិច (ʼaasiitklɑɑriidrɨk) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Korean: 염산 (yeomsan) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Latin: acidum hydrochloricum — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Latin: acidum muriaticum — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Latin: acidum salis — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Latvian: sālsskābe — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Latvian: hlorūdeņražskābe — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Lithuanian: druskos rūgštis — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Macedonian: со́лна кисе́лина (sólna kisélina) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Macedonian: хлороводо́родна кисе́лина (hlorovodórodna kisélina) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Malay: asid hidoklorik — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Māori: waikawa pūhaumāota — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: saltsyre — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saltsyre — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Persian: هیدروکلریک اسید (hidrokolorik asid) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Persian: جوهر نمک (jowhar-e namak) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Polish: kwas solny — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Polish: kwas chlorowodorowy — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Polish: zajzajer — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Portuguese: ácido clorídrico — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Romanian: acid clorhidric — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Russian: соля́ная кислота́ (soljánaja kislotá) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Russian: хлороводоро́дная кислота́ (xlorovodoródnaja kislotá) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Slovak: kyselina chlórovodíková — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Slovak: kyselina soľná — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Slovene: klorovodikova kislina — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Slovene: solna kislina — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Spanish: ácido clorhídrico — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Swedish: saltsyra — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Tagalog: asido muryatiko — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Tamil: ஐதரோகுளோரிக் காடி (aitarōkuḷōrik kāṭi) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Telugu: హైడ్రోక్లోరిక్ ఆమ్లం (haiḍrōklōrik āmlaṁ) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Thai: กรดไฮโดรคลอริก — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Thai: กรดเกลือ — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Turkish: hidroklorik asit — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Turkish: tuz ruhu — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوز روحی (tuz ruhu) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Ukrainian: соляна кислота (soljana kyslota) — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water
  • Vietnamese: axit clohiđric — strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water