• English word nitrogen in the Shona Dictionary
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/azóté/


  • noun , class(9)
  • dialects/origins: Standard Shona
English translation
A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.
Demonstrative determiners example
Shona English
azote iyi this nitrogen
azote iyo that nitrogen
Possessive pronouns example
Shona English
azote yangu my nitrogen
azote yako your nitrogen (singular)
azote yenyu your nitrogen (plural)
azote yake his/her nitrogen
azote yedu our nitrogen
azote yacho its nitrogen
azote yavo their nitrogen
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time

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