natron
English edit
Etymology edit
From French natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”):
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Noun edit
natron (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na2CO3·10H2O.
- 1931, Aristotle, translated by E.W. Webster, Meteorologica, Bk. IV, ch. 6:
- Natron and salt are soluble by liquid, but not all liquid but only such as is cold. Hence water and any of its varieties melt them, but oil does not.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 242:
- You know the mysterious idols they were supposed to set up to worship in their chapters – were they really human heads treated with natron after the Ancient Egyptian pattern – idols of Persian or Syrian provenance?
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Noun edit
natron c (singular definite natronen, not used in plural form)
- (chemistry) sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3.
- (chemistry, obsolete) sodium hydroxide, NaOH.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
natron m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “natron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.
Noun edit
natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)
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References edit
- “natron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.
Noun edit
natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- “natron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.