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.

   Synonyms: corrode, eat away

   The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves.

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

   Synonyms: corrode, eat away

   to erode a person’s trust

   to erode society’s morals

Derived terms

• bioerode
• erodable
• eroder
• erodible
• noneroding
• reerode

 

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