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English

Etymology

From 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 Ancient Greek ????? (Ámm?n), from Egyptian

jmn.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?m?n'y?, IPA^(key): /??mo?n.j?/

Noun

ammonia (countable and uncountable, plural ammonias)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste.
2. A solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid.

Synonyms

• spirits of hartshorn (obsolete)
• volatile alkali (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

• amide
• amine
• amino-

Translations

References

• ammonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ammonia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ammonia at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Amaimon

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mo?.ni.a?/
• Hyphenation: am?mo?ni?a

Noun

ammonia f (uncountable)

1. ammonia solution

Related terms

• ammoniak

English

Etymology

From the prefix proto-.

Adjective

proto (not comparable)

1. Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something

Anagrams

• Porto, Troop, porto, porto-, proot, troop, tropo, tropo-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?proto/

Adverb

proto

1. therefore; that is why

Further reading

• proto in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• proto in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?proto/, [?pro?t?o?]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: pro?to

Noun

proto

1. (colloquial) prototype

Declension

Synonyms

• prototyyppi

Anagrams

• porot

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (prôtos, “first”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr?.to/
• Hyphenation: prò?to

Noun

proto m (plural proti)

1. (archaic or regional) chief of a workforce
2. (architecture, regional, Venice) An architect in charge of maintenance and restoration of St Mark's Basilica.
3. The chief worker in a print shop, in charge of composition and layout.
4. (by extension) typographer, typographist

   Synonyms: stampatore, tipografo

5. (archaic) know-it-all

   Synonym: saccente

Derived terms

• sproto

References

• proto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti