liquid
A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as waterA substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
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» You should drink a lot of liquid.
Bitte trinken Sie viel Flüssigkeit. — xtofu80
Тобі потрібно пити багато рідини. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, physical, uncountable)A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
Flüssigkeit
жи́дкостьžídkostʹ
рідина́ridyná
(countable, uncountable)Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
Fließlaut, Liquida, Liquid
пла́вный звукplávnyj zvuk
- a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
- a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
Examples
202 sentencesYou should drink a lot of liquid.
Тобі потрібно пити багато рідини. — deniko
deBitte trinken Sie viel Flüssigkeit. — xtofu80
Water is a liquid.
Вода є рідиною. — ascolto
ruВода — это жидкость. — jonnywalker
deWasser ist eine Flüssigkeit. — landano
Water and oil are both liquids.
ruИ вода, и нефть являются жидкостями. — averoes
deWasser und Öl sind beide Flüssigkeiten. — MUIRIEL
When ice melts, it becomes liquid.
ruКогда лёд тает, он превращается в жидкость. — Wezel
deWenn Eis schmilzt, wird es flüssig. — MUIRIEL
Ice is less dense than liquid water, which is why it floats.
deEis hat eine geringere Dichte als flüssiges Wasser, weswegen es schwimmt. — Waldelfe
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid,From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).
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Forms
plural: liquidsSynonyms
5 synonyms- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility:liquidnessliquidityliquid state
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
70 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.