ammonia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- əmō'nēə (US)
- /əˈmoʊn.jə/ (US)
- əmōn'yə (US)
- /əˈməʊ.nɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- əmō'niə (Received-Pronunciation)
- əmōn'yə (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈmoʊ.ni.ə/ (US, uncommon)
Etymology
Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia From Latin sal ammoniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Ammon derives from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn (i-mn:n-A4).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste.
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(countable, uncountable) A solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid.
Never use ammonia to clean metal writing pens.
When the woman pressed charges against the man who beat her up and threatened her, the man's girlfriend approached her after work and threw a bottle of ammonia at her.
1985 December 14, Kim Westheimer, “Rape-Surviving Lesbian Faces Repeated Attacks”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 1:Slowly we rode down to the camp - a very sorrowful party. We took "Nep" straight to the surgery, where the doctor instantly applied injections of ammonia, then the new remedy for snake bite.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 95:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ammonias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
grey ammonia · aqua ammonia · caustic ammonia · oxyammonia · ammonia borane · ammonia-soda process · ammonialike · brown ammonia · ammoniation · ammonia caramel · 880 ammonia · liquid ammonia · ammonemia · oxammite · ammoniate · ammonian · ammonia process · green ammonia · ammoxidation · ammonia water · gray ammonia · ammoniac · blue ammonia · amatol · ammonuria · ammonic · baker's ammonia · ammoniaphone · ammonical · ammonify · ammonium · ammonaemia · ammonification
Relateds
Synonyms
spirits of hartshorn · volatile alkali
Translations (57)
lv amonjaks (the compound NH3) · pl amoniak (the compound NH3) · nan-hbl a-mó͘-ní-á (the compound NH3) · es amoníaco (the compound NH3) · uk амоніа́к (the compound NH3) · ar أَمُونِيَا (the compound NH3) · cs čpavek (the compound NH3) · sv ammoniak (the compound NH3) · ga amóinia (the compound NH3) · uk аміа́к (the compound NH3) · cmn 安摩尼亞 /安摩尼亚 (the compound NH3) · sk čpavok (the compound NH3) · da ammoniak (the compound NH3) · nan-hbl 氨 (the compound NH3) · ro amoniac (the compound NH3) · cmn 氨 (the compound NH3) · tr amonyak (the compound NH3) · fr ammoniac (the compound NH3) · de Ammoniak (the compound NH3) · el αμμωνία (the compound NH3) · cs amoniak (the compound NH3) · hu ammónia (the compound NH3) · ko 암모니아 (the compound NH3) · fi ammoniakki (the compound NH3) · ml അമോണിയ (the compound NH3) · pt amoníaco (the compound NH3) · hak 阿摩尼亞 /阿摩尼亚 (the compound NH3) · bg амоняк (the compound NH3) · mi haukini (the compound NH3) · tl amonya (the compound NH3) · yue 氨氣 /氨气 (the compound NH3) · nn ammoniakk (the compound NH3) · ru аммиа́к (the compound NH3) · cmn 氨氣 /氨气 (the compound NH3) · sh амо̀нијак (the compound NH3) · ca amoníac (the compound NH3) · chr ᎠᎼᏂᏯ (the compound NH3) · nb ammoniakk (the compound NH3) · fo ammoniakk (the compound NH3) · fa آمونیاک (the compound NH3) · yue 氨 (the compound NH3) · id amonia (the compound NH3) · eo amoniako (the compound NH3) · pt amónia (the compound NH3) · cmn 阿摩尼亞 /阿摩尼亚 (the compound NH3) · pt amônia (the compound NH3) · hak 氨 (the compound NH3) · ja アンモニア (the compound NH3) · it ammoniaca (the compound NH3) · ar نُشَادِر (the compound NH3) · et ammoniaak (the compound NH3) · fr ammoniaque (the compound NH3) · ms amonia (the compound NH3) · nl ammoniak (the compound NH3) · yue 阿摩尼亞 /阿摩尼亚 (the compound NH3) · sh amònijak (the compound NH3) · sk amoniak (the compound NH3)