nitrogen

Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and statesman Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- +‎ -gen. See also niter.

• enPR: nī′trə-jən, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/, [ˈnɐɪ.t͡ʃʰɹə.d͡ʒən]

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• (Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈnəi.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.ʈɾo.d͡ʒen/
• Rhymes: -aɪtɹəd͡ʒən
• Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

nitrogen (countable and uncountable, plural nitrogens)

2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
   • 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 42:

     All life depends on nitrogen; it is the building block from which nature assembles amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids; the genetic information that orders and perpetuates life is written in nitrogen ink.

3. (uncountable) Molecular nitrogen (N₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
   • 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments‎^[1], Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:

     Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.

4. (countable) A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.

   The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.

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

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

• Nitrogen on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

• ringtone, Notinger, ring tone, retoning, integron

Borrowed from French nitrogène.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [niˈtɾɔ.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [niˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒen]

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• Hyphenation: ni‧trò‧gen

nitrogen m (uncountable)

1. nitrogen (chemical element)

   Synonym: azot

• “nitrogen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nitrogen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “nitrogen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nitrogen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Derived from French nitrogène. By surface analysis, nitro- +‎ -gen. See also nitrat.

nitrogen n (singular definite nitrogenet or nitrogenen, not used in plural form)

1. nitrogen (chemical element)

   Synonym: kvælstof

• “nitrogen” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Dutch nitrogeen, from French nitrogène.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /niˈtroɡen/ [niˈt̪ro.ɡɛn]
• Rhymes: -oɡen
• Syllabification: ni‧tro‧gen

nitrogén (plural nitrogen)

1. nitrogen (chemical element)

   Synonym: (dated) zat lemas

• nitrogen on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “nitrogen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English nitrogen, derived from French nitrogène.

• (English-based, colloquial) IPA^(key): /najˈtrod͡ʒən/ [nai̯ˈt̪ro.d͡ʒən]
  • Rhymes: -od͡ʒən
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /nitˈroɡən/ [nit̪̚ˈro.ɡən]
  • Rhymes: -oɡən
• Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

nitrogen (Jawi spelling نيتروݢن, plural nitrogen-nitrogen)

1. nitrogen (chemical element)

   Synonym: zat lemas / ذات لمس

nitrogen n (definite singular nitrogenet, indefinite plural nitrogen, definite plural nitrogena or nitrogenene)

1. nitrogen (chemical element; symbol N).

• “nitrogen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

nitrogen n (definite singular nitrogenet) (uncountable)

1. nitrogen (chemical element; symbol N).

• “nitrogen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French nitrogène.

• IPA^(key): /ˌni.troˈd͡ʒen/
• Rhymes: -en
• Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

nitrogen m (uncountable)

1. nitrogen (chemical element)

   Synonym: azot

• “nitrogen”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from English nitrogen, from French nitrogène, from French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“niter, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪ.trɔˌɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɪtrɔɡɛn
• Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

nitrogen m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. nitrogen (chemical element)

   Synonyms: blawrbar, blorai, blornwy, trengnwy

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nitrogen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies