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From French natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”):

Doublet of niter and trona.

natron (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na2CO3·10H2O.
   • 1931, Aristotle, translated by E.W. Webster, Meteorologica, Bk. IV, ch. 6:
     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.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 242:
     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?

• nonart, nonrat

natron c (singular definite natronen, not used in plural form)

1. (chemistry) sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) sodium hydroxide, NaOH.

• Den Store Danske

Borrowed from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”).

• IPA(key): /na.tʁɔ̃/

natron m (uncountable)

1. natron

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

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.

natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)

1. baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate

• natriumhydrogenkarbonat
• natronlut
• “natron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), from Egyptian nṯrj.

natron n (definite singular natronet, uncountable)

1. baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate

• natriumhydrogenkarbonat
• natronlut
• “natron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.