corroder

English

Etymology

From corrode +‎ -er.

Noun

corroder (plural corroders)

1. One who or that which corrodes.
   • 1832, The Gentleman's Magazine:

     Amongst the inhabitants of Lincolnshire these hateful corroders of happiness are far from being extirpated. Credulity and superstition still reign with tyrannic sway in many hearts, how reluctant soever they may be to acknowledge it.

   • 2006, Zaki Ahmad, Principles of Corrosion Engineering and Corrosion Control, page 481:

     Liquids in intimate contact with metals, such as seawater, acids alkides and alkalies, are serious corroders for a large variety of metals and alloys.

Anagrams

• Corredor

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin corrodāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɔ.de/

• Audio:

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Verb

corroder

1. to corrode (to have corrosive action)

Conjugation

Conjugation of corroder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	corroder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	corrodant /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		corrodé /kɔ.ʁɔ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	corrode /kɔ.ʁɔd/	corrodes /kɔ.ʁɔd/	corrode /kɔ.ʁɔd/	corrodons /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɔ̃/	corrodez /kɔ.ʁɔ.de/	corrodent /kɔ.ʁɔd/
	imperfect	corrodais /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɛ/	corrodais /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɛ/	corrodait /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɛ/	corrodions /kɔ.ʁɔ.djɔ̃/	corrodiez /kɔ.ʁɔ.dje/	corrodaient /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɛ/
	past historic2	corrodai /kɔ.ʁɔ.de/	corrodas /kɔ.ʁɔ.da/	corroda /kɔ.ʁɔ.da/	corrodâmes /kɔ.ʁɔ.dam/	corrodâtes /kɔ.ʁɔ.dat/	corrodèrent /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɛʁ/
	future	corroderai /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁe/	corroderas /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁa/	corrodera /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁa/	corroderons /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁɔ̃/	corroderez /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁe/	corroderont /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	corroderais /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁɛ/	corroderais /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁɛ/	corroderait /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁɛ/	corroderions /kɔ.ʁɔ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	corroderiez /kɔ.ʁɔ.də.ʁje/	corroderaient /kɔ.ʁɔ.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	corrode /kɔ.ʁɔd/	corrodes /kɔ.ʁɔd/	corrode /kɔ.ʁɔd/	corrodions /kɔ.ʁɔ.djɔ̃/	corrodiez /kɔ.ʁɔ.dje/	corrodent /kɔ.ʁɔd/
	imperfect2	corrodasse /kɔ.ʁɔ.das/	corrodasses /kɔ.ʁɔ.das/	corrodât /kɔ.ʁɔ.da/	corrodassions /kɔ.ʁɔ.da.sjɔ̃/	corrodassiez /kɔ.ʁɔ.da.sje/	corrodassent /kɔ.ʁɔ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	corrode /kɔ.ʁɔd/	—	corrodons /kɔ.ʁɔ.dɔ̃/	corrodez /kɔ.ʁɔ.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• corrosif
• corrosion

Descendants

• → German: korrodieren

Further reading

• “corroder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin corrodare.

Verb

corroder

1. to corrode

Descendants

• → Middle Dutch: corroderen
  • Dutch: corroderen
• French: corroder
  • → German: korrodieren

Old French

Etymology

From Latin corrodare.

Verb

corroder

1. to corrode [from 1314]

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of corroder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		corroder			avoir corrodé
gerund		en corrodant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		corrodant
past participle		corrodé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	corrot	corrodes	corrode	corrodons	corrodez	corrodent
	imperfect	corrodoie, corrodeie, corrodoe, corrodeve	corrodoies, corrodeies, corrodoes, corrodeves	corrodoit, corrodeit, corrodot, corrodeve	corrodiiens, corrodiens	corrodiiez, corrodiez	corrodoient, corrodeient, corrodoent, corrodevent
	preterite	corrodai	corrodas	corroda	corrodames	corrodastes	corroderent
	future	corroderai	corroderas	corrodera	corroderons	corroderoiz, corrodereiz, corroderez	corroderont
	conditional	corroderoie, corrodereie	corroderoies, corrodereies	corroderoit, corrodereit	corroderiiens, corroderiens	corroderiiez, corroderiez	corroderoient, corrodereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	corrot	corroz	corrot	corrodons	corrodez	corrodent
	imperfect	corrodasse	corrodasses	corrodast	corrodissons, corrodissiens	corrodissoiz, corrodissez, corrodissiez	corrodassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	corrode	—	corrodons	corrodez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: corroden
  • English: corrode
• Middle French: corroder
  • → Middle Dutch: corroderen
    • Dutch: corroderen
  • French: corroder
    • → German: korrodieren