natron

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See also: Natron and natrón

English

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Etymology

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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Doublet of niter and trona.

Noun

natron (uncountable)

  1. (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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Danish

Noun

natron c (singular definite natronen, not used in plural form)

  1. (chemistry) sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3.
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) sodium hydroxide, NaOH.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”).

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Noun

natron m (uncountable)

  1. natron

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.

Noun

natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)

  1. baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.

Noun

natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)

  1. baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate

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