sour

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

aigre

acide

sur

🔛

hargneux

acerbe

maussade

aigrir

âpre

sombre

salé

saumâtre

rance

revêche

morose

amer

fermenter

rendre aigre

aciduler

tourné

aigreur

stérile

travailler

s’acidifier

s’aigrir

surir

de vinaigre

devenir aigre

suret

acariâtre

verjuté

acidifier

acidité

acidulé

aigrelet

aigri

aride

astringent

bougon

dégoûtant

être

fade

fermenté

grognon

lugubre

marcher

🚶

mélancolique

piqué

quinteux

rude

Synonymes

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

Traductions

sauer

agrio

zuur

ácido

acido

agro

azedo

aspro

ξινός

àcid

ácido

acerbo

acre

agre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsaʊə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sour

Hérité de ancien anglais: sūr

Appartenant à frison occidental: soer

Appartenant à néerlandais: zuur

Appartenant à bas-allemand: suur

Appartenant à allemand: sauer

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à norvégien: sur

Appartenant à français: sur

Appartenant à féroïen: súrur

Appartenant à islandais: súr

Appartenant à polonais: ser

Appartenant à tchèque: sýr

Appartenant à slovaque: syr

Appartenant à russe: сырой

Appartenant à ukrainien: сири́й

Appartenant à slavon d’église: 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”).