natron
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂CO₃·10H₂O.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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?"
Etymology
Etymology tree Egyptian nṯr Proto-Afroasiatic *-i? Egyptian -j Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron)bor. Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn)der. Spanish natrónbor. French natronbor. English natron From French natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”): R9 Doublet of niter and trona.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: natron, natrón, نَطْرُون, νίτρον, nṯrj