Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The sensation of a sour taste.

    Säure

  2. (countable, uncountable)A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.

    Whiskey Sauer

    a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.

    the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

  4. (countable, uncountable)A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

    the property of being acidic

Examples

194 sentences
  1. These grapes are so sour that I can't eat them.

    Цей виноград такий кислий, що я не можу його їсти. — ascolto

    ruЭтот виноград настолько кислый, что я не могу его есть. — Balamax

    deDie Trauben sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann. — Wolf

  2. The milk went sour.

    Молоко скисло. — aandrusiak

    ruМолоко прокисло. — afyodor

  3. The milk tastes sour.

    Молоко на смак скисло. — deniko

    ruМолоко на вкус прокисло. — sharptoothed

    deDie Milch schmeckt sauer. — nemoli

  4. This apple tastes sour.

    Це яблуко кисле. — deniko

    ruЭто яблоко кислое. — heccele

    deDieser Apfel schmeckt sauer. — MUIRIEL

  5. The grapes are sour.

    Виноград кислий. — bicolino34

    ruВиноград кислый. — Hellerick

    deDie Trauben sind sauer. — Manfredo

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 2
the sensation of a sour taste:
a drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar:

Origin

From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, fr

From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour”).

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Forms

plural: sours
Singularsour
Pluralsours

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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