hydrocyanic acid

English

Noun

hydrocyanic acid (countable and uncountable, plural hydrocyanic acids)

1. (chemistry) a solution of hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in water; a weak poisonous acid, used as a fumigant

Synonyms

• prussic acid

Translations

prussic acid — see also hydrogen cyanide

• Catalan: àcid cianhídric m
• Czech: kyselina kyanovodíková f
• French: acide prussique (fr) m, acide cyanhydrique (fr) m
• German: Blausäure (de) f
• Greek: υδροκυανικό οξύ n (ydrokyanikó oxý), πρωσσικό οξύ n (prossikó oxý)
• Hungarian: hidrociánsav, kéksav (hu)
• Icelandic: blásýra f
• Irish: aigéad prúiseach m
• Italian: acido cianidrico (it) m
• Japanese: シアン化水素酸 (シアンかすいそさん, shian-ka suisosan), 青酸 (ja) (せいさん, seisan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blåsyre m or f

  Nynorsk: blåsyre f

• Polish: kwas pruski m, kwas cyjanowodorowy m
• Portuguese: ácido cianídrico m ácido prússico m
• Romanian: acid cianhidric (ro) m
• Russian: сини́льная кислота́ (ru) f (sinílʹnaja kislotá)
• Thai: กรดไฮโดรไซยานิก (gròt-hai-droo-sai-yaa-nìk)

See also

• Zyklon B