nitrogen

English

Chemical element
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Etymology

From French nitrogène (coined by Lavoisier), corresponding to nitro- + -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnaɪtɹədʒən/

Hyphenation

ni·tro·gen

Noun

Wikipedia

Singular nitrogen

Plural -

nitrogen (-)

1. A chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067.
2. Molecular nitrogen (N₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.

Synonyms

• azote (obsolete)
• E941 when used as a packaging gas or propellant

Derived terms

dinitrogen nitragin nitrogen-13 nitrogen-14 nitrogen-15 nitrogenase nitrogenate nitrogen cycle nitrogen dioxide nitrogen fixation nitrogen fixer nitrogen fixing nitrogenic

nitrogeniferous nitrogenise, nitrogenize nitrogen monoxide nitrogen mustard nitrogen narcosis nitrogenous nitrogen oxide nitrogen tetroxide nitrogen trichloride nitrogen trifluoride nitrogen triiodide nitrophilous nitrox

Related terms

• nitrate
• niter, nitre
• nitric
• nitride
• nitrification
• nitrify
• nitrite
• nitr-, nitro-
• nitrous

Translations

chemical element

Afrikaans: stikstof Albanian: azot Arabic: نيتروجين (nítrujin) m. Armenian: ազոտ (azot) Basque: nitrogenoa Belarusian: азот (azót) m. Bosnian: dušik Breton: nitrogen m., azot Bulgarian: азот (azót) m. Catalan: nitrogen m. Chinese: 氮 (dàn) Cornish: nytrojen Croatian: dušik Czech: dusík m. Danish: nitrogen Dutch: stikstof f. Esperanto: nitrogeno, azoto Estonian: lämmastik Faroese: køvievni Finnish: typpi French: azote m. Friulian: azot Galician: nitróxeno Georgian: აზოტი (azoti) German: Stickstoff m. (^) Greek: άζωτο (ázoto) n. Hebrew: חנקן (khankan) Hungarian: nitrogén Icelandic: köfnunarefni m. Indonesian: zat lemas Interlingua: nitrogeno Irish: nítrigin Italian: azoto m. Japanese: 窒素 (ちっそ, chisso)

Kashmiri: tãcheń Kazakh: азот (azot) Korean: 질소 (窒素, jilso) Latin: nitrogenium Latvian: slāpeklis Lithuanian: azotas Luxembourgish: stéckstoff Macedonian: азот (azót) Malay: nitrogen Maltese: nitroġenu Manx: neetragien Mongolian: азот (azot) Norwegian: nitrogen Polish: azot m. Portuguese: Port. nitrogénio m., Braz. nitrogênio m. Romanian: azot n. Russian: азот (azót) m. Scottish Gaelic: nìtrigin Serbian: азот (azot) m. Slovak: dusík m. Slovene: dušik Spanish: nitrógeno m. Swedish: kväve Tajik: azot Tamil: ருசரகம் (rusaragam) Telugu: నత్రజని (natrajani) Thai: ไนโตรเจน (naitrōchēn) Turkish: azot Ukrainian: азот (azot) m. Uzbek: азот (azot) Vietnamese: nitơ Welsh: nitrogen West Frisian: stikstof

External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/be.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also

• aqua fortis
• aqua regia
• laughing gas
• saltpeter, saltpetre

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Catalan

Etymology

From French nitrogène

Noun

nitrogen m. (uncountable)

1. nitrogen

Synonyms

• azot (obsolete)

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

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