nitrogen

English

Chemical element
N	Previous: carbon (C)
	Next: oxygen (O)

Etymology

From French nitrogène (coined by Lavoisier), corresponding to nitro- + -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnaɪtɹədʒən/

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• Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

Noun

Wikipedia nitrogen (countable and uncountable; plural nitrogens)

1. (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067.
2. (uncountable) Molecular nitrogen (N₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
3. (countable) A specific nitrogen within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen

   The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.

Synonyms

• azote (obsolete)
• E941 when used as a packaging gas or propellant

Related terms

terms related to nitrogen

nitrate niter, nitre nitric nitride nitrification

nitrify nitrite nitr-, nitro- nitrous

Derived terms

Derived terms

dinitrogen nitragin nitrogen-13 nitrogen-14 nitrogen-15 nitrogenase nitrogenate nitrogen cycle nitrogen dioxide nitrogen fixation nitrogen fixer nitrogen fixing nitrogenic

nitrogeniferous nitrogenise, nitrogenize nitrogen monoxide nitrogen mustard nitrogen narcosis nitrogenous nitrogen oxide nitrogen tetroxide nitrogen trichloride nitrogen trifluoride nitrogen triiodide nitrophilous nitrox

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: stikstof (af)
• Albanian: azot (sq), nitrogjenit (sq)
• Arabic: نيتروجين (ar) (nítrujin) m
• Armenian: ազոտ (hy) (azot)
• Asturian: nitróxenu (ast)
• Azeri: azot (az)
• Basque: nitrogenoa (eu)
• Belarusian: азот (be) (azot) m
• Bengali: যবক্ষারজান (bn) (yabakshhaarjan)
• Breton: nitrogen (br) m, azot (br)
• Bulgarian: азот (bg) (azót) m
• Catalan: nitrogen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氮 (cmn) (dàn)

  Min Nan: n (nan)

• Chuvash: азот
• Cornish: nytrojen (kw)
• Corsican: azotu (co)
• Czech: dusík (cs) m
• Danish: nitrogen (da), kvælstof (da)
• Dutch: stikstof (nl) f
• Esperanto: azoto (eo), nitrogeno (eo)
• Estonian: lämmastik (et)
• Faroese: køvievni (fo)
• Finnish: typpi (fi)
• French: azote (fr) m
• Friulian: azôt
• Galician: nitróxeno (gl) m
• Georgian: აზოტი (ka) (azoti)
• German: Stickstoff (de) m
• Greek: άζωτο (el) (ázoto) n
• Gujarati: નત્રલવાયુ (gu) (natralvaayu)
• Haitian Creole: azòt
• Hawaiian: naikokene
• Hebrew: חנקן (he) (khankan)
• Hindi: भूयाति (hi) (bhooyaati)
• Hungarian: nitrogén (hu)
• Icelandic: köfnunarefni (is) n, nitur (is) n
• Ido: nitro (io)
• Interlingua: nitrogeno (ia)
• Irish: nítrigin (ga) f
• Italian: azoto (it) m
• Japanese: 窒素 (ja) (ちっそ, chisso)
• Javanese: nitrogen (jv)
• Kannada: ಸಾರಜನಕ (kn)
• Kapampangan: nitrogen
• Kashubian: tãcheń (csb)
• Kazakh: азот (kk) (azot)
• Khmer: អាស្ហូត (km) (aazoot)
• Korean: 질소 (ko) (窒素, jilso)
• Kurdish: nîtrojen (ku)
• Kölsch: Stickstoff

• Latin: nitrogenium (la)
• Latvian: slāpeklis (lv) m
• Limburgish: stikstof (li)
• Lingala: azoti (ln)
• Lithuanian: azotas (lt)
• Lojban: trano (jbo)
• Low German: stickstoff (nds)
• Luxembourgish: Stéckstoff (lb)
• Macedonian: азот (mk) (ázot)
• Malay: nitrogen (ms), zat lemas (ms)
• Malayalam: നൈട്രജന്‍ (ml)
• Maltese: nitroġenu (mt), ażotu (mt)
• Manx: neetragien (gv)
• Maori: hauota (mi)
• Marathi: नायट्रोजन (mr)
• Mongolian: азот (mn) (azot)
• Nahuatl: ehēcatehuiltic (nah)
• Norwegian: nitrogen (no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk: nitrogen (nn)

• Novial: nitrogene
• Occitan: azòt (oc)
• Persian: نیتروژن (fa)
• Polish: azot (pl) m
• Portuguese: nitrogénio (pt) m (Portugal), nitrogênio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ (pa)
• Quechua: qullpachaq (qu)
• Romanian: azot (ro) n
• Russian: азот (ru) (azót) m
• Samogitian: azuots
• Scottish Gaelic: nìtrigin (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: азот (sh) m

  Roman: azot (sh) m, dušik (sh) m (Croatia)

• Sicilian: azzotu (scn)
• Slovak: dusík (sk) m
• Slovene: dušik (sl)
• Spanish: nitrógeno (es) m
• Swahili: nitrojeni (sw)
• Swedish: kväve (sv) n
• Tajik: азот (tg) (azot)
• Tamil: ருசரகம் (ta) (rusaragam), நைட்ரஜன் (ta)
• Telugu: నత్రజని (te) (natrajani)
• Thai: ไนโตรเจน (th) (naitrōchēn)
• Turkish: azot (tr)
• Ukrainian: азот (uk) (azot) m
• Upper Sorbian: dusyk (hsb)
• Uzbek: азот (uz) (azot)
• Vietnamese: nitơ (vi)
• Welsh: nitrogen (cy)
• West Frisian: stikstof (fy)
• Yiddish: אזאט (yi) (azot)

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: zat lemas (id), nitrogen (id)

See also

• aqua fortis
• aqua regia
• laughing gas
• saltpeter, saltpetre

Anagrams

• integron, ring tone, ringtone

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Catalan

Chemical element
N	Previous: carboni (C)
	Next: oxigen (O)

Etymology

From French nitrogène.

Noun

nitrogen m (uncountable)

1. nitrogen

Synonyms

• azot

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Chemical element
N	Previous: karbon (C)
	Next: oksigen (O)

Etymology

From English nitrogen, from French nitrogène.

Alternative forms

• نيتروݢن

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nitrogən/
• Rhymes: -gən, -ən

Noun

nitrogen (Jawi spelling نيتروݢن)

1. nitrogen (chemical element)

Synonyms

• zat lemas / ذات لمس