sour

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Tasting of acidity.
2. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
3. Tasting or smelling rancid.
4. Hostile or unfriendly.
5. Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
6. Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
7. Unfortunate or unfavorable.
8. Off-pitch, out of tune.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The sensation of a sour taste.
2. (countable, uncountable) A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
4. (countable, uncountable) A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
5. (countable, uncountable) A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
6. (countable, uncountable) The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make sour.
2. (intransitive) To become sour.
3. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
4. (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
5. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
6. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
7. (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.

Sinonieme

acid

bitter

tart

spoiled

acidic

sullen

acrid

salty

morose

rancid

sourness

surly

ferment

unpleasant

sharp

fermented

vinegary

unkind

astringent

rough

harsh

bad tasting

brutal

brackish

acetous

sore

tasteless

moody

acidify

gruff

disagreeable

make sour

vinegarish

become sour

acidulous

saturnine

sulky

acidity

false

rotten

tartness

dour

glum

insipid

dark

glowering

curdle

spoiling

crabbed

spoil

Vertalings

aigre

sauer

agrio

acide

zuur

ácido

acido

agro

azedo

aspro

ξινός

àcid

ácido

acre

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsaʊə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sour

Geërf van Old English: sūr

Verwante met Fries: soer

Verwante met Nederlands: zuur

Verwante met Nederduits: suur

Verwante met Duits: sauer

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Sweeds: -

Verwante met Noors: sur

Verwante met Frans: sur

Verwante met Faroëes: súrur

Verwante met Yslands: súr

Verwante met Pools: ser

Verwante met Tsjeggies: sýr

Verwante met Slowaaks: syr

Verwante met Russies: сырой

Verwante met Oekraïens: сири́й

Verwante met Kerkslawies: сꙑръ

In summary

From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour”).
Cognate with West Frisian soer, Dutch zuur (“sour”), Low German suur, German sauer (“sour”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sur, French sur (“sour”), Faroese súrur (“sour”), Icelandic súr (“sour, bitter”),
Polish ser (“cheese”),
Czech sýr (“cheese”),
Slovak syr (“cheese”),
Russian сырой (syroj, “raw”),
Ukrainian сири́й (syrýj, “raw”),
Old Church Slavonic сꙑръ (syrŭ, “moist, cheese”).