different between natron vs anatron

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.

English

Etymology

From French anatron, an old variant of natron, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nítron, “nitre”) by way of Spanish natrón and Arabic ????????? (na?r?n).

Noun

anatron (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) native carbonate of soda; natron
2. (obsolete) sandiver
3. (obsolete) saltpetre

References

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

Anagrams

• Natrona, nanoart

French

Noun

anatron m (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of natron.