hydrochloric

H4Y4D2R1O1C3H4L1O1R1I1C3
US/ˌhaɪdrəʊˈklɔrɪk/US/ˌhaɪdrə-/

adjective

Of or relating to hydrochloric acid.

Less commonScrabble 26

Meanings

adjectivehydrochloric (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryOf or relating to hydrochloric acid.
    1 more example

    In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom less than 1 per cent., but more generally several per cent., which makes its strength when taken with the aræometer seem greater than it actually is.

    1905, Georg Lunge, Alfred Isaac Cohn, Techno‐Chemical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, pages 57–58

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  6. Englishhydro-
  7. Englishchloric
  8. Englishhydrochloric

From hydro- + chloric.

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Translations

Catalan clorhídric
  • clorhídricrelating to hydrochloric acid
French chlorhydrique
  • chlorhydriquerelating to hydrochloric acid
Irish hidreaclórach
  • hidreaclórachrelating to hydrochloric acid
Italian cloridrico
  • cloridricorelating to hydrochloric acid
Malay hidroklorik
  • hidroklorikrelating to hydrochloric acid
Polish chlorowodorowy
  • chlorowodorowyrelating to hydrochloric acid
Spanish clorhídrico, hidroclórico
  • clorhídricorelating to hydrochloric acid
  • hidroclóricorelating to hydrochloric acid
Vietnamese clo-hi-đrích
  • clo-hi-đríchrelating to hydrochloric acid
Cite this entry
APA

hydrochloric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrochloric

MLA

“hydrochloric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrochloric. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrochloric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrochloric.

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