Meanings
nounsuperacid (plural superacids)
plural superacids
- Any substance having a very high acidity; typically a solution of a strong Lewis acid in a Brønsted acid.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*akēō
- Latinaceō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinacidu
- Frenchacide
- Englishacid
- Englishsuperacid
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 超強酸 /超强酸
- 超強酸 /超强酸 (chāoqiángsuān)medium having very high acidity
Finnish superhappo
- superhappomedium having very high acidity
French superacide
- superacidemedium having very high acidity
German Supersäure
- Supersäuremedium having very high acidity
Indonesian superasam, adiasam
- superasammedium having very high acidity
- adiasammedium having very high acidity
Italian superacido
- superacidomedium having very high acidity
Japanese 超酸, 超強酸
- 超酸 (chōsan)medium having very high acidity
- 超強酸 (chōkyōsan)medium having very high acidity
Korean 초산, 초강산
- 초산 (chosan)medium having very high acidity
- 초강산 (chogangsan)medium having very high acidity
Persian ابراسید
- ابراسیدmedium having very high acidity
Polish superkwas
- superkwasmedium having very high acidity
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with superacid
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
superacid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superacid
MLA
“superacid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superacid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superacid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superacid.
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