ammonia

English

Etymology

From sal ammoniac, which was first obtained near the temple of Jupiter in Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See ammoniac.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈmon.jʌ/

Noun

ammonia (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste.

Synonyms

• spirits of hartshorn (obsolete)
• volatile alkali (obsolete)

Translations

the compound NH₃

• Bulgarian: амоняк (bg) (amonjak)
• Chinese: 氨气
• Czech: čpavek (cs) m, amoniak (cs) m
• Dutch: ammoniak (nl) m
• Esperanto: amoniako (eo)
• Estonian: ammoniaak (et)
• Finnish: ammoniakki (fi)
• French: ammoniaque (fr) f
• German: Ammoniak (de) n
• Greek: αμμωνία (el) (ammonía) f 
• Italian: ammoniaca (it) f

• Japanese: アンモニア (ja) (anmonia)
• Polish: amoniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: amoníaco (pt) m, amônia (pt) f
• Romanian: amoniac (ro) n
• Russian: аммиак (ru) m (ammiak)
• Serbo-Croatian: amonijak (sh) m
• Spanish: amoníaco (es) m
• Swedish: ammoniak (sv) c
• Turkish: amonyak (tr)

Derived terms

• ammonia borane
• ammonian
• ammonic
• ammonical
• ammonium

References

• Ammonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ammonia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Amaimon