mordant

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French mordant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔː(ɹ)dənt/
• Homophone: mordent

Adjective

mordant (comparative more mordant, superlative most mordant)

1. Having or showing a sharp or critical quality

   Synonyms: biting, caustic, sarcastic, keen, severe

2. Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.

Translations

biting or caustic

• Finnish: pureva (fi), julma (fi), pisteliäs (fi)
• German: beißend (de), bissig (de), sarkastisch (de)
• Greek: δηκτικός (el) m (diktikós), καυστικός (el) m (kafstikós)
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• Italian: mordente (it), caustico (it), sarcastico (it), mordace (it)
• Korean: 신랄한 (sillalhan)
• Polish: żrący (pl)

Noun

mordant (plural mordants)

1. 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, p. 208.

     In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the mordant which fixes the dye in the wool.

2. Any corrosive substance used in etching.
3. A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.

Synonyms

• (substance for etching): etchant

Translations

a substance used to facilitate dye fixing

• Catalan: mordent (ca) m
• Finnish: puretin
• German: Beize (de) f
• Gujarati: રંગરખું (raṅgarkhũ)
• Italian: mordente (it) m
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• Korean: 매염제 (maeyeomje)
• Maori: waitumu, tūmau kano
• Serbo-Croatian: močilo (sh) n
• Spanish: mordiente, mordaz (es)

Verb

mordant (third-person singular simple present mordants, present participle mordanting, simple past and past participle mordanted)

1. (transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

   Mordant these goods for dyeing.

Translations

to subject to a mordant

• Catalan: mordentar (ca)
• Finnish: purettaa
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• French: amordancer (fr)
• Italian: mordenzare (it)

See also

• mordant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mordent

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French

Verb

mordant

1. present participle of mordre

Adjective

mordant (feminine mordante, masculine plural mordants, feminine plural mordantes)

1. biting, sharp, acrid
2. mordant
3. corrosive

Further reading

• “mordant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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