nitrogène
See also: nitrogéné
French edit
Etymology edit
From nitre (“saltpetre”) + -gène; coined by Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790 on the model of oxygène.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nitrogène m (plural nitrogènes)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “nitrogène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.