nitrogénio

See also: nitrogenio and nitrogênio

Portuguese

Chemical element (edit)
N Atomic number 7 nitrogénio (Europe)
Alternative names: azoto, nitrogênio (Brazil)
Classification data Period 2 Group 15 Block p-block Class nonmetal
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Portuguese Wikipedia article on Azoto

Alternative forms

• nitrogênio (Brazil)

Etymology

From nitro- +‎ -génio.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ni.tɾuˈʒɛ.nju/

• Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gé‧ni‧o

Noun

nitrogénio m (countable and uncountable, plural nitrogénios) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) nitrogen
2. (countable) an atom of nitrogen

Synonyms

• azoto

Related terms

• nitração
• nitreto
• nítrico
• nitrogenado
• nitrómetro
• nitroso

Further reading

• “nitrogénio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026