liquid

B1 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #4721

Meanings

1

noun
A substance that flows freely, like water, and takes the shape of its container.

A liquid can freeze into a solid or evaporate into a gas.
2

adj
Flowing freely like water; neither solid nor gas.

They cooled the gas until it became liquid.
3

adj
Held as cash or easily turned into cash.

The company kept some liquid assets for emergencies.

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Synonyms

3 adj · held as cash or easily... fluid

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Opposites

gas gaseous illiquid solid

Word family

Forms liquidlyliquids

Derived forms bioliquide-liquidliquid-likeliquidabilityliquidableliquidiseliquidishliquidizeliquidlessliquidlikeliquidlyliquidness

Related forms fluid fluidicliquefiableliquefyliquidateliquidation liquidityliquidizerliquidousliquifyliquor

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English 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”).

liquide Middle English liquidus Latin liquida Latin

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# liquid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈlɪk.wɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 4721

## Meanings
1. A substance that flows freely, like water, and takes the shape of its container.
2. Flowing freely like water; neither solid nor gas.
3. Held as cash or easily turned into cash.

## Examples
- A liquid can freeze into a solid or evaporate into a gas.
- They cooled the gas until it became liquid.
- The company kept some liquid assets for emergencies.

## Synonyms
- fluid
- fluxive
- runny

## Antonyms
- gas
- gaseous
- illiquid
- solid

## Derived Forms
- bioliquid
- e-liquid
- liquid-like
- liquidability
- liquidable
- liquidise
- liquidish
- liquidize
- liquidless
- liquidlike
- liquidly
- liquidness

## Related Forms
- fluid
- fluidic
- liquefiable
- liquefy
- liquidate
- liquidation
- liquidity
- liquidizer
- liquidous
- liquify
- liquor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: liquide
- Root: liquidus
- Root: liquida

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English 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”).

## AI Etymology
Liquid comes 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”). In present-day English its meanings include a substance that flows freely, like water, and takes the shape of its container, flowing freely like water; neither solid nor gas, and held as cash or easily turned into cash. The historical chain runs through liquide (Middle English), liquide (Old French), liquidus (Latin), and liquida (Latin). Related and derived forms include fluid, fluidic, liquefiable, and bioliquid.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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