HOW TO PRONOUNCE
acid
/ˈæsəd/
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Stress “ac” and give “c” an “s” sound.
Start with the short a of cat. Keep the vowel after s light, then finish directly with d rather than adding another vowel.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The label identifies the acid.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does acid mean?
adjective
- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
- Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
More meanings (8)
adjective
- Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
noun
- A sour substance.
- Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
- Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
- Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
- Any corrosive substance.
- (slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæsəd/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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It was not unpleasant to the taste, though slightly acid, and I learned in a short time to prize it very highly.
It was afterwards, by the French nomenclaturists, termed oxygenated muriatic acid, conceiving it to be a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid.
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When the total quantity of the nitrated solution added amounts to about half the bulk of the ferro-tartaric acid, it is enough.
The sensation was like being touched in the marrow with some pungent and searching acid, it set my very teeth on edge.