different between natron vs nitre

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t?(?)

Noun

nitre (countable and uncountable, plural nitres)

1. Britain standard spelling of niter.

   • For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.

Anagrams

• -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, niter, riten., terin, trine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nit?/

Etymology 1

From Latin nitrum (“niter, natron”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian n?rj (“natron”).

Noun

nitre m (uncountable)

1. (dated) saltpetre (potassium nitrate)

   Synonym: salpêtre

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

nitre

1. inflection of nitrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rient, tenir, terni, Terni