mordant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mordant (comparative more mordant, superlative most mordant)
- Having or showing a sharp or critical quality
- Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
biting or caustic
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Noun[edit]
mordant (countable and uncountable, plural mordants)
- Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
- 1964, L.F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, page 208:
- In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the mordant which fixes the dye in the wool.
- Any corrosive substance used in etching.
- A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.
Synonyms[edit]
- (substance for etching): etchant
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a substance used to facilitate dye fixing
Verb[edit]
mordant (third-person singular simple present mordants, present participle mordanting, simple past and past participle mordanted)
- (transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.
- Mordant these goods for dyeing.
Translations[edit]
to subject to a mordant
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Participle[edit]
mordant
Adjective[edit]
mordant (feminine mordante, masculine plural mordants, feminine plural mordantes)
Further reading[edit]
- “mordant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mordant m or n (feminine singular mordantă, masculine plural mordanți, feminine and neuter plural mordante)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mordant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | mordant | mordantă | mordanți | mordante | ||
definite | mordantul | mordanta | mordanții | mordantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | mordant | mordante | mordanți | mordante | ||
definite | mordantului | mordantei | mordanților | mordantelor |
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