corrosion

See also: corrosión

English

Etymology

From Old French corrosion, or its source, Late Latin corrōsiōnem, accusative singular of corrōsiō (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹəʊʒən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹoʊʒən/

Noun

corrosion (countable and uncountable, plural corrosions)

1. The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
2. A substance (such as rust) so formed.
3. (chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.
4. (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.

Related terms

• corrosible

Translations

The act of corroding

• Bulgarian: корозия (bg) (korozija)
• Catalan: corrosió f
• French: corrosion (fr) f
• Galician: corrosión f
• Greek: διάβρωση (el) f (diávrosi)
• Hungarian: korrózió (hu)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korrosjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: korrosjon m

• Portuguese: corrosão (pt) f
• Swedish: frätning (sv) c, korrosion (sv) c

Erosion by chemical action

• Bulgarian: разяждане (bg) (razjaždane)
• Catalan: corrosió f
• Czech: koroze f
• French: corrosion (fr) f
• Greek: διάβρωση (el) f (diávrosi)

• Hungarian: korrózió (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korrosjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: korrosjon m

• Portuguese: corrosão (pt) f

The gradual destruction or undermining of something

• Bulgarian: разлагане (bg) (razlagane)
• Catalan: corrosió f
• Greek: διάβρωση (el) f (diávrosi), φθορά (el) f (fthorá), αποσάθρωση (el) f (aposáthrosi)

• Hungarian: korrózió (hu)
• Portuguese: corrosão (pt) f

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Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} კოროზია (ḳorozia)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Korrosion (de) f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} corrosione (it) f
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} corrosio f

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} coroziune (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} корозија f, ^{(please verify)} korozija (sh) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} corrosión (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin corrōsiōnem, accusative singular of corrōsiō (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁɔzjɔ̃/

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Noun

corrosion f (plural corrosions)

1. corrosion

Further reading

• “corrosion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Old French

Noun

corrosion f (oblique plural corrosions, nominative singular corrosion, nominative plural corrosions)

1. corrosion
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     corrosion qui est du cartilage qui est entre les trous des nazilles

     corrosion which is of the cartilage between the wholes in the nostrils