nitrogen

See also: Nitrogen and nitrogén

English

Chemical element
N	Previous: carbon (C)
N	Next: oxygen (O)

Etymology

From French nitrogène (coined by Lavoisier), corresponding to nitro- +‎ -gen. See niter.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.dʒən/, [ˈnɐɪtʰɹədʒən]
Audio (US) (file)

Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

Noun

nitrogen (countable and uncountable, plural nitrogens)

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067.
(uncountable) Molecular nitrogen (N₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
(countable) A specific nitrogen within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen
The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

terms related to nitrogen

Translations

chemical element

Afrikaans: stikstof (af)
Albanian: azot (sq) m, nitrogjenit m
Amharic: ናይትሮጅን (naytroǧn)
Arabic: نِيتْرُوجِين‎‎ m (nitrōžēn), نِيتْرُوجِين‎‎ m (nitrojīn), آزُوت‎‎ m (ʾāzūt)
Armenian: ազոտ (hy) (azot)
Asturian: nitróxenu (ast)
Azerbaijani: azot (az)
Basque: nitrogenoa
Bavarian: Stickstoff
Belarusian: азо́т m (azót)
Bengali: যবক্ষারজান (jôbôkkharôjan)
Breton: nitrogen m, azot
Bulgarian: азо́т (bg) m (azót)
Burmese: နိုက်ထရိုဂျင် (nuikhta.ruigyang)
Catalan: nitrogen (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎾᎢᏠᏤᏂ (naitlotseni)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 氮 (daam⁶), 氮氣, 氮气 (daam⁶ hei³) (as a gas)

Hakka: 氮 (tham)

Mandarin: 氮 (zh) (dàn), 氮氣 (zh), 氮气 (zh) (dànqì) (as a gas)

Min Nan: 氮 (tām), 窒素 (chek-sò͘, chit-sò͘), 氮氣, 氮气 (tām-khì) (as a gas)
Chuvash: азот (azot)
Cornish: nytrojen
Corsican: azotu (co)
Czech: dusík (cs) m
Danish: nitrogen (da) n, kvælstof (da) n
Dutch: stikstof (nl) f
Esperanto: azoto, nitrogeno (eo)
Estonian: lämmastik (et)
Faroese: køvievni n
Finnish: typpi (fi)
French: azote (fr) m
Friulian: azôt
Galician: nitróxeno (gl) m, azote (gl) m
Georgian: აზოტი (ka) (azoṭi)
German: Stickstoff (de) m
Central Franconian: Stickstoff
Greek: άζωτο (el) n (ázoto)
Gujarati: નત્રલવાયુ (natralvāyu)
Haitian Creole: azòt
Hawaiian: naikokene
Hebrew: חַנְקָן‎‎ (he) m (khankan)
Hindi: भूयाति f (bhūyāti), नाइट्रोजन m (nāiṭrojan)
Hungarian: nitrogén (hu)
Icelandic: köfnunarefni (is) n, nitur (is) n
Ido: nitro (io)
Indonesian: nitrogen (id), zat lemas (id)
Interlingua: nitrogeno
Irish: nítrigin (ga) f
Italian: azoto (it) m
Japanese: 窒素 (ja) (ちっそ, chisso)
Javanese: nitrogen
Kalmyk: шүтөр (şütör)
Kannada: ಸಾರಜನಕ (kn) (sārajanaka)
Kapampangan: nitrogen
Kashubian: tãcheń
Kazakh: азот (kk) (azot)
Khmer: អាស្ហូត (aazoot)
Korean: 질소 (ko) (jilso) (窒素 (ko))
Kurdish: nîtrojen
Kyrgyz: азот (ky) (azot)
Lao: ໄນໂຕຣເຈນ (nai trō chēn)
Latin: nitrogenium (la)
Latvian: slāpeklis (lv) m

Limburgish: stikstof
Lingala: azoti
Lithuanian: azotas (lt) m
Low German: stickstoff
German Low German: stickstoff
Luxembourgish: Stéckstoff
Macedonian: азот m (azot)
Malay: nitrogen, zat lemas
Malayalam: നൈട്രജന്‍ (naiṭrajan‍), പാക്യജനകം (ml) (pākyajanakaṃ)
Maltese: nitroġenu, ażotu (mt)
Manx: neetragien
Maori: hauota
Marathi: नायट्रोजन (nāyaṭrojan), नत्रवायू (natravāyū)
Mongolian: азот (mn) (azot)
Nahuatl: ehēcatehuiltic
North Frisian: stikstuf
Norwegian: nitrogen (no)
Bokmål: kvelstoff (no)

Norwegian Nynorsk: nitrogen (nn), kvelstoff, kvæve
Novial: nitrogene
Occitan: azòt
Oriya: ଯବକ୍ଷାରଜାନ (or) (jôbôkṣarôjanô)
Pashto: نايتروجن‎‎ m (nāytroǰán), آزوت‎‎ (ps) m (āzǔt)
Persian: نیتروژن‎‎ (fa) (nitrožen), ازت‎‎ (fa) (azot)
Plautdietsch: Stäakjstoff
Polish: azot (pl) m
Portuguese: nitrogénio (pt) m (Portugal), nitrogênio (pt) m (Brazil)
Punjabi: ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ (nāīṭrojan)
Quechua: qullpachaq, qullpachaq
Romanian: azot (ro) n
Russian: азо́т (ru) m (azót)
Samogitian: azuots
Sanskrit: नैट्रोजन् (naiṭrojan)
Saterland Frisian: Stikstof
Scottish Gaelic: nìtrigin
Serbo-Croatian: dušik (sh)
Cyrillic: азот m

Roman: azot (sh) m, dušik (sh) m (Croatia)
Sicilian: azzotu (scn)
Sinhalese: නයිට්‍රජන් (nayiṭ‍rajan), ජීවාන්තක (si) (jīvāntaka)
Slovak: dusík (sk) m
Slovene: dušik (sl) m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: dusyk m
Spanish: nitrógeno (es) m
Swahili: nitrojeni
Swedish: kväve (sv) n
Tagalog: nitroheno
Tajik: азот (azot)
Tamil: ருசரகம் (ta) (rucarakam), நைட்ரஜன் (naiṭrajaṉ)
Telugu: నత్రజని (te) (natrajani)
Thai: ไนโตรเจน (th) (nai-dtroo-jeen)
Tibetan: ཟེ་རླུང་། (ze rlung)
Turkish: azot (tr)
Turkmen: azot (tk)
Ukrainian: азо́т (uk) m (azót)
Urdu: نائٹروجن‎‎ m (nāiṭrojan)
Uyghur: ئازوت‎‎ (azot)
Uzbek: azot (uz)
Cyrillic: азот (uz)
Vietnamese: nitơ, đạm khí
Welsh: nitrogen (cy), blorai
West Frisian: stikstof
Yiddish: אַזאָט‎‎ (azot), שטיקשטאָף‎‎ m (shtikshtof)

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Translations to be checked

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} zat lemas (id), ^{(please verify)} nitrogen (id)

Anagrams

integron, ring tone, ringtone

Catalan

Chemical element
N	Previous: carboni (C)
N	Next: oxigen (O)

Etymology

From French nitrogène.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾɔ.ʒən/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒen/

Noun

nitrogen m (uncountable)

nitrogen

Synonyms

azot

References

Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.

Danish

Noun

nitrogen

nitrogen

Synonyms

kvælstof

Malay

Chemical element
N	Previous: karbon (C)
N	Next: oksigen (O)

Alternative forms

نيتروݢن‎

Etymology

From English nitrogen, from French nitrogène.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nitroɡən/
Rhymes: -ɡən, -ən

Noun

nitrogen (Jawi spelling نيتروݢن)

nitrogen (chemical element)

Synonyms

zat lemas / ذات لمس‎

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

nitrogen n (definite singular nitrogenet) (uncountable)

nitrogen (chemical element; symbol N).

References

“nitrogen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nitrogen n (definite singular nitrogenet) (uncountable)

nitrogen (chemical element; symbol N).

References

“nitrogen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Chemical element
N	Previous: carbon (C)
N	Next: oxigen (O)

Etymology

From French nitrogène.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌnitroˈd͡ʒen/
Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

Noun

nitrogen n (uncountable)

nitrogen (chemical element)

Synonyms

azot

References

nitrogen in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

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