Phrase guide

hydrogen chloride

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An inorganic compound with the formula HCl, which forms hydrochloric acid when dissolved in water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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

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noun

Meaning 2

a colorless corrosive gas (HCl)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: acid

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 氯化氫 /氯化氢 (luk6 faa3 hing1) — compound with the formula HCl
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氯化氫 /氯化氢 (lǜhuàqīng) — compound with the formula HCl
  • Czech: chlorovodík — compound with the formula HCl
  • Finnish: vetykloridi — compound with the formula HCl
  • Finnish: kloorivety — compound with the formula HCl
  • French: chlorure d'hydrogène — compound with the formula HCl
  • Hindi: उदजन नीरजिक (udjan nīrjik) — compound with the formula HCl
  • Hungarian: hidrogén-klorid — compound with the formula HCl
  • Korean: 염화 수소 (yeomhwa suso) — compound with the formula HCl
  • Korean: 염산(鹽酸) 가스 (yeomsan gaseu) — compound with the formula HCl
  • Malay: hidrogen klorida — compound with the formula HCl
  • Māori: hauwai pūhaumāota — compound with the formula HCl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hydrogenklorid — compound with the formula HCl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hydrogenklorid — compound with the formula HCl
  • Polish: chlorowodór — compound with the formula HCl
  • Russian: хлороводород (xlorovodorod) — compound with the formula HCl
  • Swedish: väteklorid — compound with the formula HCl
  • Thai: ไฮโดรเจนคลอไรด์ — compound with the formula HCl