nitrogène

See also: nitrogéné

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ni.tʁo.ʒɛn/

Noun

nitrogène m (plural nitrogènes)

(obsolete) nitrogen
Synonym: azote

Further reading

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

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