natron

See also: Natron and natrón

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Egyptian nṯr

Proto-Afroasiatic *-i?

Egyptian -j

Egyptian nṯrjder.

Semiticbor.

Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron)bor.

Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn)der.

Spanish natrónbor.

French natronbor.

English natron

From French natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”):

Doublet of niter and trona.

Noun

natron (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂CO₃·10H₂O.
   • 1931, Aristotle, translated by E.W. Webster, Meteorologica, Bk. IV, ch. 6:

     Natron and salt are soluble by liquid, but not all liquid but only such as is cold. Hence water and any of its varieties melt them, but oil does not.

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 242:

     You know the mysterious idols they were supposed to set up to worship in their chapters – were they really human heads treated with natron after the Ancient Egyptian pattern – idols of Persian or Syrian provenance?

Related terms

• natrium

Descendants

• → Urdu: نیٹرون (naiṭron)

Anagrams

• nonart, nonrat

Danish

Noun

natron c (singular definite natronen, not used in plural form)

1. (chemistry) sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO₃.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) sodium hydroxide, NaOH.

References

• Den Store Danske

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.tʁɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

natron m (uncountable)

1. natron

Descendants

• → Danish: natron
• → English: natron
  • → Urdu: نیٹرون (naiṭron)
• → German: Natron
• → Norwegian Bokmål: natron
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: natron
• → Persian: ناترون (nâtrun)
• → Russian: натро́н (natrón)
  • → Ukrainian: натро́н (natrón)

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.

Noun

natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)

1. baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate

Synonyms

• natriumhydrogenkarbonat

Derived terms

• natronlut

References

• “natron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.

Noun

natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)

1. baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate

Synonyms

• natriumhydrogenkarbonat

Derived terms

• natronlut

References

• “natron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.