hydrochloric acid

English

Noun

hydrochloric acid (countable and uncountable, plural hydrochloric acids)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.

   Synonyms: (when used as an acidity regulator) E507, muriatic acid, spirit of salt, spirits of salts, swimming pool acid

   • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 92:

     If not sufficiently purified, a little hydrochloric or oxalic acid, or caustic potash may be put in the water, according as the stains are from grease or from ink.

Translations

strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water

• Afrikaans: soutsuur
• Arabic: حَامِض الْهِيدْرُولِيك m (ḥāmiḍ al-hīdrūlīk), حَمْض الْهِيدْرُولِيك m (ḥamḍ al-hīdrūlīk)
• Armenian: քլորաջրածնական թթու (kʻloraǰracnakan tʻtʻu)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: azido muriatiko sg
• Belarusian: саляная кіслата f (saljanaja kislata), хлорыставадародная кіслата f (xlorystavadarodnaja kislata)
• Bengali: মিউরিয়েটিক এসিড (miuriẏeṭik eśiḍ), হাইড্রোক্লোরিক এসিড (haiḍrōklōrik eśiḍ)
• Bulgarian: солна киселина f (solna kiselina)
• Catalan: àcid clorhídric, clorur d'hidrogen, salfumant
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鹽酸／盐酸 (jim⁴ syun¹), 氫氯酸／氢氯酸 (hing¹ luk⁶ syun¹)

  Mandarin: 鹽酸／盐酸 (zh) (yánsuān), 氫氯酸／氢氯酸 (zh) (qīnglǜsuān)

• Czech: kyselina chlorovodíková f, kyselina solná (cs) f
• Danish: saltsyre c
• Dutch: zoutzuur (nl)
• Esperanto: acido klorhidra
• Estonian: soolhape, vesinikkloriidhape
• Finnish: suolahappo (fi), vetykloridihappo, kloorivetyhappo
• French: acide chlorhydrique (fr), acide muriatique (fr)
• Georgian: მარილმჟავა (marilmžava)
• German: Salzsäure (de) f
• Greek: υδροχλωρικό οξύ n (ydrochlorikó oxý)
• Gujarati: લવણામ્લ (lavṇāmla), મીઠાંનો તેજાબ (mīṭhā̃no tejāb)
• Hindi: नमक का अम्ल (namak kā amla)
• Hungarian: sósav (hu)
• Icelandic: saltsýra f
• Irish: aigéad hidreaclórach m
• Italian: acido cloridrico (it) m
• Japanese: 塩酸 (ja) (えんさん, ensan)
• Kazakh: тұз қышқылы (tūz qyşqyly)
• Khmer: អាស៊ីតក្លរីឌ្រិច (ʼaasiit klɑɑriidrɨc)
• Korean: 염산(鹽酸) (ko) (yeomsan)
• Latin: acidum hydrochloricum n, acidum muriaticum n, acidum salis n
• Latvian: sālsskābe f, hlorūdeņražskābe f
• Lithuanian: druskos rūgštis f
• Macedonian: со́лна кисе́лина f (sólna kisélina), хлороводо́родна кисе́лина f (hlorovodórodna kisélina)
• Maori: waikawa pūhaumāota
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saltsyre m or f

  Nynorsk: saltsyre f

• Ottoman Turkish: طوز روحی (tuz ruhu)
• Persian: هیدروکلریک اسید (hidrokolorik asid), جوهر نمک (jowhar-e namak)
• Polish: kwas solny (pl) m, kwas chlorowodorowy m, zajzajer (pl) m
• Portuguese: ácido clorídrico (pt) m
• Romanian: acid clorhidric (ro) m
• Russian: соля́ная кислота́ (ru) f (soljánaja kislotá), хлороводоро́дная кислота́ f (xlorovodoródnaja kislotá)
• Slovak: kyselina chlórovodíková f, kyselina soľná f
• Slovene: klorovodikova kislina f, solna kislina f
• Spanish: ácido clorhídrico (es)
• Swedish: saltsyra (sv) c
• Tagalog: asido muryatiko
• Tamil: ஐதரோகுளோரிக் காடி (aitarōkuḷōrik kāṭi)
• Telugu: హైడ్రోక్లోరిక్ ఆమ్లం (haiḍrōklōrik āmlaṁ)
• Thai: กรดไฮโดรคลอริก (th), กรดเกลือ (th)
• Turkish: hidroklorik asit (tr), tuz ruhu (tr)
• Ukrainian: соляна кислота f (soljana kyslota)
• Vietnamese: axit clohiđric