nitrogène

See also: nitrogéné

French

Etymology

nitre (“saltpetre”) +‎ -gène; coined by Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790 on the model of oxygène.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.tʁo.ʒɛn/

Noun

nitrogène m (plural nitrogènes)

1. (obsolete) nitrogen

   Synonym: azote

Further reading

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