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nitrogenous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɒdʒɪnəs
  • CMU ARPABET: N AY0 T R AA1 JH AH0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

of, relating to, or containing nitrogen

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or containing nitrogen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nitrogen-bearing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English nitrogen Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English nitrogenous From nitrogen + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَتْرُوجِينِيّ (natrūjīniyy) — of nitrogen
  • Bulgarian: азотен (azoten) — of nitrogen
  • Burmese: နိုက်ထရိုဂျင် (nuikhta.ruigyang) — of nitrogen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 含氮的 (hándàn de) — of nitrogen
  • Finnish: typekäs — of nitrogen
  • French: azoté — of nitrogen
  • German: Stickstoff- — of nitrogen
  • Greek: αζωτούχος (azotoúchos) — of nitrogen
  • Irish: nítrigineach — of nitrogen
  • Kazakh: азотты (azotty) — of nitrogen
  • Northern Kurdish: nîtrojenî — of nitrogen
  • Manx: neetrageenagh — of nitrogen
  • Nepali: नाइट्रोजनीय (nāiṭrojanīya) — of nitrogen
  • Polish: azotowy — of nitrogen
  • Portuguese: nitrogenoso — of nitrogen
  • Russian: азо́тный (azótnyj) — of nitrogen
  • Russian: азо́тистый (azótistyj) — of nitrogen
  • Russian: азотсодержа́щий (azotsoderžáščij) — of nitrogen
  • Russian: азотосодержа́щий (azotosoderžáščij) — of nitrogen
  • Ukrainian: азо́тний (azótnyj) — of nitrogen
  • Uzbek: azotli — of nitrogen