sal ammoniac

See also: salammoniac and sal-ammoniac

English

Alternative forms

• salammoniac
• sal-ammoniac

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sal ammoniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Ammon derives from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Egyptian jmn.

Noun

sal ammoniac (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) a rare mineral composed of ammonium chloride found around volcanic fumaroles and guano deposits.
2. (chemistry, archaic) ammonium chloride.

Translations

rare mineral

• Arabic: نُشَادِر m (nušādir)
• Armenian: անուշադր (hy) (anušadr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硇砂 (zh) (náoshā)

• Dutch: salmiak (nl) m, salmoniak m
• Finnish: salmiakki (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: salmiac (fr) m
• German: Salmiak (de) m
• Italian: clorammonio (it) m
• Persian: نشادر (fa) (nošâdor, nešâdor, nošâder, nešâder)
• Russian: нашаты́рь (ru) m (našatýrʹ), хлори́д аммо́ния (ru) m (xloríd ammónija)