nitrogène

See also: nitrogéné

French

Etymology

From nitre (“saltpetre”) +‎ -gène; coined by Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790 on the model of oxygène.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ni.tʁo.ʒɛn/
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Noun

nitrogène m (plural nitrogènes)

(obsolete) nitrogen
Synonym: azote

Descendants

→ English: nitrogen
→ Turkish: nitrojen

Further reading

“nitrogène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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