different between matron vs natron

English

Etymology

From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin m?tr?na (“married woman”), from m?ter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?t??n/
• Rhymes: -e?t??n

Noun

matron (plural matrons)

1. A mature or elderly woman.

   • grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother

2. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
3. A woman of staid or motherly manners.
   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

4. A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
5. A senior female nurse in an establishment, especially a hospital or school.

6. (US) A female prison officer.

Derived terms

Related terms

• matrona
• matroneum

Translations

References

matron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Marton, Morant, Rotman, romant

English

Etymology

From French natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic ????????? (na?r?n), from Ancient Greek ?????? (nítron, “nitre”), ultimately from Egyptian n?rj (“natron”):

Doublet of niter.

Noun

natron (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂CO₃·10H₂O.
   • 1931, Aristotle, Meteorologica, translated by E.W. Webster, 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 1992, p. 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

From Spanish natrón, from Arabic ????????? (na?r?n), from Ancient Greek ?????? (nítron, “nitre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.t???/

Noun

natron m (uncountable)

1. natron

Further reading

• “natron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian n?rj

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 ?????? (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian n?rj

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.