azote

English

Etymology

From French azote, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ζωή (zōē, “life”). Named by French chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier, who saw it as the part of air which cannot sustain life.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæzəʊt/

Noun

azote (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Nitrogen.
   • 1801, Christopher Girtanner, A Memoir, in which the Queſtion is examined, whether Azote be a ſimple or complex body?, William Nicholson (editor), Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, Volume 4, page 170,

     The proportion of azote gas to that of the oxigen obtained is as 64 to 36.

   • 1823, Chemistry, entry in Charles Maclaren (chief editor), Encyclopædia Britannica, 6th Edition, page 366,

     Hence it is obvious that deutoxide of azote is a compound of one volume of azote and one volume of oxygen gas united together, without any alteration of volume, consequently its specific gravity is the mean of that of oxygen and azotic gases.It is composed, by weight, of azote 0.9722 or 1.75, oxygen 1.1111 or 2. If we reckon the atomic weight of azote 1.75, this gas is obviously a compound of one atom azote and two atoms oxygen.

   • 1831, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies, Volume 1, page 133,

     Those who have adopted these opinions, represent the atom of azote by the number 1.75. We consider the 5 compounds of azote and oxygen, as composed of 1 atom azote, united with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, atoms of oxygen.

Derived terms

• azo-
• azotic
• azotise, azotize
• azoto-
• azotobacter
• azoturia

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + ζωή (zōē, “life”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /azɔt/

Noun

azote m (plural azotes)

1. nitrogen

Derived terms

• diazote

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic السوط (as-sawṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA: /aˈθo̞te̞/
• (Others) IPA: /aˈso̞te̞/
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

azote m (plural azotes)

1. scourge, a multi-tail whip, as used by flagellants for mortification of the sinful flesh

See also

• fusta f
• látigo m

Verb

azote (infinitive azotar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of azotar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of azotar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of azotar.

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Portuguese

Verb

azote

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of azotar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of azotar
3. first-person singular imperative of azotar
4. third-person singular imperative of azotar