corrosif

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrōsum (supine of corrōdere > corrōdō) + -if [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁɔ.zif/[2]

Adjective

corrosif (feminine corrosive, masculine plural corrosifs, feminine plural corrosives)

  1. corrosive
    Une substance corrosive est une substance qui dégrade ou détruit par réaction chimique des substances avec lesquelles elle entre en contact.
    A corrosive substance is a substance that, through chemical reaction, degrades or destroys substances with which it comes in contact.

References
  1. “corrosif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. “corrosif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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