natron

See also: Natron and natrón

English

Etymology

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?

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/

Noun

natron m (uncountable)

1. natron

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.