Dictionary

mordant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔːdn̩t/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmoɹd(ə)nt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.

Meanings

1. Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
2. Serving to fix a dye to a fiber.

Forms

Deriveds

mordantly

Relateds

remorse · morsel

Synonyms

severe · biting · sarcastic · caustic · keen

Translations (19)

ko 신랄한 (biting or caustic) · cy brathog (biting or caustic) · el δηκτικός (biting or caustic) · fi julma (biting or caustic) · bg язвителен (biting or caustic) · it sarcastico (biting or caustic) · el καυστικός (biting or caustic) · cy deifiol (biting or caustic) · es mordaz (biting or caustic) · de bissig (biting or caustic) · de beißend (biting or caustic) · fi pureva (biting or caustic) · it caustico (biting or caustic) · pl żrący (biting or caustic) · it mordace (biting or caustic) · it mordente (biting or caustic) · fi pisteliäs (biting or caustic) · fr mordant (biting or caustic) · de sarkastisch (biting or caustic)

mordant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔːdn̩t/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmoɹd(ə)nt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
   • In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the mordant which fixes the dye in the wool. 1964, L.F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, page 208:
2. (countable, uncountable) Any corrosive substance used in etching.
3. (countable, uncountable) A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.

Forms

Deriveds

acid mordant · mordant dye

Synonyms

etchant

Translations (15)

it mordente (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · mi waitumu (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · sh močilo (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · ko 매염제 (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · fi puretin (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · mi tūmau kano (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · pl zaprawa farbiarska (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · es mordiente (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · es mordaz (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · pl zaprawa barwierska (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · ca mordent (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · fr mordant (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · bg байц (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · de Beize (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing) · gu રંગરખું (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)

mordant en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔːdn̩t/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmoɹd(ə)nt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.
   • Mordant these goods for dyeing.

Forms

Deriveds

remordant · unmordanted

Relateds

mordent

Translations (10)

ca mordentar (to subject to a mordant) · it mordenzare (to subject to a mordant) · fr mordancer (to subject to a mordant) · cy mordant (to subject to a mordant) · pl użyć zaprawy farbiarskiej (to subject to a mordant) · cy brathliw (to subject to a mordant) · bg байцвам (to subject to a mordant) · fr amordancer (to subject to a mordant) · pl używać zaprawy farbiarskiej (to subject to a mordant) · fi purettaa (to subject to a mordant)