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. The sensation of a sour taste.
2. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
3. Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
4. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
5. The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

Verb

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

Concepten

zuur

nors

bars

honds

nurks

onaardig

onvriendelijk

stuurs

doordringend

verzuren

wrang

schel

scherp

zuur worden

bijtend

fel

guur

hatelijk

schril

snerpend

snijdend

vlijmend

akelig

balorig

gemelijk

kregel

kregelig

mistroostig

naar

naargeestig

onaangenaam

saai

slechtgehumeurd

somber

triestig

verdrietelijk

vervelend

toespitsen

verscherpen

zuren

zuur maken

onvriendelijk

zuurachtig

azijn

verbitteren

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsaʊə/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).