erode

See also: Erode, érodé, and érode

English

Etymology

From French éroder, from Latin ērōdō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹəʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹoʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊd

Verb

erode (third-person singular simple present erodes, present participle eroding, simple past and past participle eroded)

1. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction.

   The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves.

2. (figurative) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.

   to erode a person's trust

   to erode society's moral

Related terms

• erosion

Translations

To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction

• Belarusian: эрадзі́раваць impf or pf (eradzíravacʹ)
• Bulgarian: еродирам (bg) (erodiram), разяждам (bg) (razjaždam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侵蚀 (zh) (qīnshí), 受腐蚀

• Danish: erodere (da)
• Dutch: afslijten (nl), uitslijten (nl), verweren (nl), eroderen (nl), corroderen (nl), aantasten (nl), aanvreten (nl), uitbijten (nl), inbijten (nl)
• Finnish: kuluttaa (fi), syövyttää (fi), jäytää (fi)
• French: éroder (fr)
• German: erodieren (de)
• Italian: erodere (it), corrodere (it), rodere (it)
• Maori: ngāhorohoro, weku (physically by stream or water action)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: erodere

  Nynorsk: erodera, erodere

• Portuguese: erodir (pt)
• Russian: эроди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (erodírovatʹ)
• Spanish: erosionar (es), corroer (es)
• Swedish: erodera (sv)
• Ukrainian: еродува́ти impf (eroduváty)
• Yiddish: אַוועקשווענקען (avekshvenken)

(figurative) To destroy gradually

• Swedish: urholka (sv)

Anagrams

• doree

Italian

Verb

erode

1. third-person singular present indicative of erodere

Anagrams

• eredo, eredo-

Latin

Verb

ērōde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ērōdō

Portuguese

Verb

erode

1. inflection of erodir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative