View source for Nitrogen

==English==
{{elements|N|carbon|C|oxygen|O}}

====Noun====
 
{{en-noun|s|-}}

# {{uncountable}} A chemical element (''symbol'' N) with an [[atomic number]] of 7 and [[atomic weight]] of 14.0067.
# {{uncountable}} Molecular nitrogen (N<sub>2</sub>), 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]]

===Related terms===
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* [[nitrate]]
* [[niter]], [[nitre]]
* [[nitric]]
* [[nitride]]
* [[nitrification]]
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* [[nitrify]]
* [[nitrite]]
* [[nitr-]], [[nitro-]]
* [[nitrous]]
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===Derived terms===
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* [[dinitrogen]]
* [[nitragin]]
* [[nitrogen-13]]
* [[nitrogen-14]]
* [[nitrogen-15]]
* [[nitrogenase]]
* [[nitrogenate]]
* [[nitrogen cycle]]
* [[nitrogen dioxide]]
* [[nitrogen fixation]]
* [[nitrogen fixer]]
* [[nitrogen fixing]]
* [[nitrogenic]]
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* [[nitrogeniferous]]
* [[nitrogenise]], [[nitrogenize]]
* [[nitrogen monoxide]]
* [[nitrogen mustard]]
* [[nitrogen narcosis]]
* [[nitrogenous]]
* [[nitrogen oxide]]
* [[nitrogen tetroxide]]
* [[nitrogen trichloride]]
* [[nitrogen trifluoride]]
* [[nitrogen triiodide]]
* [[nitrophilous]]
* [[nitrox]]
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===Verbs for Nitrogen===

combine with—; derive—from; expel—; extract—; furnish with—; manufacture—;
market—; mix with—; obtain—; reveal—;
store—; temper with—; unite—with; —dilutes; —evaporates; —extinguishes.

===Thesaurus===
[[acetylene]], [[ammonia]], [[argon]], [[asphyxiating gas]], [[butane]], [[carbon dioxide]], [[carbon monoxide]], [[castor-bean meal]], [[chlorine]], [[coal gas]], [[commercial fertilizer]], [[compost]], [[dressing]], [[dung]], [[enrichener]], [[ethane]], [[ether]], [[ethylene]], [[fertilizer]], [[fluorine]], [[formaldehyde]], [[guano]], [[helium]], [[hydrogen]], [[illuminating gas]], [[krypton]], [[lewisite]], [[manure]], [[marsh gas]], [[methane]], [[muck]], [[mustard gas]], [[natural gas]], [[neon]], [[night soil]], [[nitrate]], [[organic fertilizer]], [[oxygen]], [[ozone]], [[phosphate]], [[poison gas]], [[propane]], [[radon]], [[sewer gas]], [[superphosphate]], [[xenon]]

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fr}} ''[[nitrogène]]'' (coined by [[w:Lavoisier|Lavoisier]]), corresponding to ''[[nitro-]]'' + ''[[-gen]]''.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈnaɪtɹədʒən/}}
* {{audio|En-us-nitrogen.ogg|Audio (US)}}

* {{hyphenation|ni|tro|gen}}

==Translations==
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* [[Afrikaans]]: {{t-|af|stikstof|xs=Afrikaans}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|azot|xs=Albanian}}, {{t|sq|nitrogjenit|xs=Albanian}}
* Arabic: {{t-|ar|نيتروجين|m|tr=nítrujin}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|ազոտ|tr=azot}}
* [[Asturian]]: {{t+|ast|nitróxenu|xs=Asturian}}
* [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|azot|xs=Azeri}}
* [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|nitrogenoa|xs=Basque}}
* Belarusian: {{t-|be|азот|m|tr=azot|xs=Belarusian}}
* Bengali: {{t-|bn|নাইট্রোজেন|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali}}
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|dušik}}
* [[Breton]]: nitrogen {{m}}, [[azot]]
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|азот|m|tr=azót}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|nitrogen|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|氮|tr=dàn|sc=Hani}}
*: Min Nan: {{t-|nan|n|xs=Min Nan}}
* [[Chuvash]]: {{tø|cv|азот|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Cornish]]: [[nytrojen]]
* [[Corsican]]: {{t-|co|azotu|xs=Corsican}}
* Croatian: {{t+|hr|dušik}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dusík|m}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|nitrogen}}, {{t-|da|kvælstof}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stikstof|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|azoto|xs=Esperanto}}, {{t+|eo|nitrogeno|xs=Esperanto}}
* Estonian: {{t-|et|lämmastik}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|køvievni}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|typpi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|azote|m}}
* [[Friulian]]: {{tø|fur|azôt}}
* [[Galician]]: {{t+|gl|nitróxeno|xs=Galician}}
* Georgian: {{t-|ka|აზოტი|tr=azoti|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stickstoff|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άζωτο|n|tr=ázoto}}
* [[Gujarati]]: {{t-|gu|નાઇટ્રોજન|sc=Gujr|xs=Gujarati}}
* [[Haitian Creole]]: {{tø|ht|azòt}}
* Hawaiian: {{tø|haw|naikokene}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חנקן|tr=khankan}}
* Hindi: {{t-|hi|नाइट्रोजन|xs=Hindi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nitrogén}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|köfnunarefni|n}}, {{t+|is|nitur|n}}
* [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|nitro|xs=Ido}}
* [[Interlingua]]: {{t-|ia|nitrogeno|xs=Interlingua}}
* Irish: {{t-|ga|nítrigin|xs=Irish|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|azoto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|窒素|tr=[[ちっそ]], chisso}}
* [[Javanese]]: {{t-|jv|nitrogen|xs=Javanese}}
* [[Kannada]]: {{t-|kn|ಸಾರಜನಕ|sc=Knda|xs=Kannada}}
* [[Kapampangan]]: {{tø|pam|nitrogen}}
* [[Kashubian]]: [[tãcheń]]
* Kazakh: {{t-|kk|азот|tr=azot|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|질소|tr=[[窒素]], jilso|sc=Hang}}
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* Kurdish: {{t-|ku|nîtrojen}}
* [[Kölsch]]: {{tø|ksh|Stickstoff}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|nitrogenium}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|slāpeklis|xs=Latvian}}
* [[Limburgish]]: {{t-|li|stikstof|xs=Limburgish}}
* [[Lingala]]: {{t-|ln|azoti|xs=Lingala}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|azotas|xs=Lithuanian}}
* [[Lojban]]: {{t-|jbo|trano|xs=Lojban}}
* [[Low Saxon]]: {{t-|nds|stickstoff|xs=Low Saxon}}
* [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t-|lb|Stéckstoff|xs=Luxembourgish}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|азот|tr=ázot}}
* Malay: {{t-|ms|nitrogen|xs=Malay}}
* [[Malayalam]]: {{t-|ml|നൈട്രജന്‍|sc=Mlym|xs=Malayalam}}
* Maltese: {{t+|mt|nitroġenu|xs=Maltese}}, {{t+|mt|ażotu|xs=Maltese}}
* [[Manx]]: {{t-|gv|neetragien|xs=Manx}}
* Maori: {{t-|mi|hauota|xs=Maori}}
* [[Marathi]]: {{t-|mr|नायट्रोजन|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi}}
* Mongolian: {{t-|mn|азот|tr=azot|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
* [[Nahuatl]]: {{t-|nah|ehēcatehuiltic|xs=Nahuatl}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|nitrogen}}
*: [[Norwegian Nynorsk]]: {{t+|nn|nitrogen|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}
* [[Novial]]: {{tø|nov|nitrogene}}
* [[Occitan]]: {{t-|oc|azòt|xs=Occitan}}
* Persian: {{t-|fa|نیتروژن|xs=Persian}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|azot|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nitrogénio|m}} (Portugal), {{t+|pt|nitrogênio|m}} (Brazil)
* [[Punjabi]]: {{t-|pa|ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ|sc=Guru|xs=Punjabi}}
* [[Quechua]]: {{t-|qu|qullpachaq|xs=Quechua}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|azot|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|азот|m|tr=azót}}
* [[Samogitian]]: {{tø|sgs|azuots}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[nìtrigin]]
* Serbian: {{t+|sr|азот|m|tr=azot|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Sicilian]]: {{t+|scn|azzotu|xs=Sicilian}}
* Slovak: {{t-|sk|dusík|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dušik}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|nitrógeno|m}}
* Swahili: {{t-|sw|nitrojeni|xs=Swahili}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kväve|n}}
* [[Tajik]]: {{t-|tg|азот|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik}}
* [[Tamil]]: {{t-|ta|நைட்ரஜன்|xs=Tamil}}, {{t|ta|ருசரகம்|tr=rusaragam|xs=Tamil}}
* [[Telugu]]: {{t-|te|నత్రజని|tr=natrajani}}
* Thai: {{t-|th|ไนโตรเจน|tr=naitrōchēn}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|azot}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|азот|m|tr=azot|xs=Ukrainian}}
* [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t-|hsb|dusyk|xs=Upper Sorbian}}
* Uzbek: {{t-|uz|азот|tr=azot|sc=Cyrl|xs=Uzbek}}
* Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|nitơ|xs=Vietnamese}}
* Welsh: {{t-|cy|nitrogen|xs=Welsh}}
* [[West Frisian]]: [[stikstof]]
* Yiddish: {{t-|yi|אזאט|tr=azot|xs=Yiddish}}
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* {{ttbc|id}}: {{t+|id|zat lemas|xs=Indonesian}}, {{t+|id|nitrogen|xs=Indonesian}}
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====External links====
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/be.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

===See also===
* ''[[aqua fortis]]''
* ''[[aqua regia]]''
* [[laughing gas]]
* [[saltpeter]], [[saltpetre]]

===Anagrams===
* [[integron#English|integron]], [[ring tone#English|ring tone]], [[ringtone#English|ringtone]]

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==Catalan==

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m|-}}

# [[#English|nitrogen]]

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fr|ca}} [[nitrogène]]

===Synonyms===
* [[azot]] {{obsolete}}

===References===
* {{R:IEC4}}

[[Category:ca:Chemical elements]]