# syre
## English
### Noun

syre (plural syres)
* Obsolete form of sire.

### Verb

syre (third-person singular simple present syres, present participle syring, simple past and past participle syred)
* Obsolete form of sire.

### Anagrams

* Srey, Yers, Yser, reys, ryes, yers

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse sýra. See also sur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsyːʌ/

### Noun

syre c (singular definite syren, plural indefinite syrer)
* (chemistry) acid (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry acid)
    Saltsyre er en stærk syreHydrochloric acid is a strong acid
* (of food) The state of being sour.
    Denne suppe mangler lidt syreThis soup needs a little sourness

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “acid”): base

#### Related terms

* sur, syrlig

### References

* “syre” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Latin
### Adjective

syre
* vocative masculine singular of syrus

### References

* "syre", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɨrɛ/, [ˈsɨrə]

### Adjective

syre
* inflection of syry:
** neuter nominative/accusative singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Middle English
### Noun

syre
* Alternative form of sire

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse sýra, from Proto-Germanic *sūrą.

### Noun

syre f or m (definite singular syra or syren, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)
* (an) acid

#### Derived terms

* aminosyre
* benzosyre
* blåsyre
* borsyre
* eddiksyre
* fettsyre
* flussyre
* fosforsyre
* karbamidsyre
* karboksylsyre
* karbonsyre
* kullsyre
* melkesyre, mjølkesyre
* nukleinsyre
* salpetersyre
* saltsyre
* sorbinsyre
* svovelsyre
* syrefast
* syrlig
* urinsyre

### References

* “syre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýra. The verb is derived from the noun. The term for LSD is a Calque of English acid.

#### Noun

syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)
* (chemistry) an acid
* sour whey
* (slang) LSD

##### Derived terms

* acetylsalisylsyre
* alginsyre
* aminosyre
* askorbinsyre
* barbitursyre
* benzosyre
* blåsyre
* borsyre
* deoksyribonukleinsyre
* eddiksyre
* eplesyre
* feittsyre
* flussyre
* folsyre
* fosforsyre
* ftalsyre
* gallesyre
* karbamidsyre
* karboksylsyre
* karbolsyre
* karbonsyre
* karminsyre
* kiselsyre
* kolsyre
* kromsyre
* linolensyre
* linolsyre
* lysergsyre
* magesyre
* maursyre
* mjølkesyre
* nukleinsyre
* oksalsyre
* omegatrefeittsyre
* palmitinsyre
* pikrinsyre
* propionsyre
* salisylsyre
* salpetersyre
* saltsyre
* sitronsyre
* smørsyre
* sorbinsyre
* svovelsyre
* syrebad
* syrebeis
* syreblande
* syrefast
* syrevekkar
* syrevekkjar
* tiosvovelsyre
* urinsyre
* vinsyre
* xantogensyre

#### Verb

syre (present tense syrar/syrer, past tense syra/syrte, past participle syra/syrt, passive infinitive syrast, present participle syrande, imperative syre/syr)
* (transitive) to make more sour or acidic
* (intransitive) to rot and smell
* (transitive) to corrode with acid

##### Derived terms

* gjennomsyre

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse súra. The vowel might be Akin to Icelandic súra.

#### Noun

syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)
* (botany) rumex, sorrel
    Synonyms: engsyre, matsyre, surblad, suru, syrke, syrstilk
* wood sorrel
    Synonyms: gauksyre, smiril, surkløver
* (botany) plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves

##### Derived terms

* engsyre
* gauksyre
* matsyre
* raudsyre
* småsyre
* syregras

### References

* “syre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsire]

### Noun

syre
* locative singular of syr

## Swedish
### Etymology

From sur (“sour”) and syrlig (“acidic”). Coined by Swedish scientists Pehr von Afzelius and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1795, based on the early belief that oxygen was a main ingredient in all acids. Analogue with kväve (“nitrogen”) and väte (“hydrogen”). Cognate with Latin oxygenium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsyːˌrɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

syre n (uncountable)
* oxygen
    Synonym: oxygen (rare)

#### Derived terms

* syrebrist (“lack of oxygen; hypoxia”)
* syresätta (“oxygenate”)
* syrgas (“O$_2$, molecular oxygen”)

### References

* syre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* syre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* syre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)