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mordant

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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mordant (comparativemoremordant,superlativemostmordant)

Having or showing a sharp or critical quality
Synonyms:biting,caustic,keen,sarcastic,severe
Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.

Related terms

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Translations

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biting or caustic

Bulgarian:язвителен (bg)(jazvitelen)
Finnish:pureva (fi),julma (fi),pisteliäs (fi)
French:mordant (fr)
German:beißend (de),bissig (de),sarkastisch (de)
Greek:δηκτικός (el) m(diktikós),καυστικός (el) m(kafstikós)
Italian:mordente (it),caustico (it),sarcastico (it),mordace (it)
Korean:신랄한(sillalhan)
Polish:żrący (pl)
Spanish:mordaz (es)

Noun

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mordant (countable anduncountable,pluralmordants)

Any substance used tofacilitate thefixing of adye to afibre; usually ametallic compound which reacts with the dye usingchelation.
- 1964,L.F. Salzman,English Industries of the Middle Ages, page208:
  In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and themordant which fixes the dye in the wool.
Anycorrosive substance used inetching.
Aglutinous size used as aground forgilding, to make thegold leaf adhere.

Synonyms

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(substance for etching):etchant

Derived terms

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Translations

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a substance used to facilitate dye fixing

Bulgarian:байц (bg) m(bajc)
Catalan:mordent (ca) m
Finnish:puretin
German:Beize (de) f
Gujarati:રંગરખું(raṅgarkhũ)
Italian:mordente (it) m
Korean:매염제(maeyeomje)
Maori:waitumu,tūmau kano
Polish:zaprawa farbiarska f,zaprawa barwierska f
Serbo-Croatian:močilo (sh) n
Spanish:mordiente,mordaz (es)

Verb

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mordant (third-person singular simple presentmordants,present participlemordanting,simple past and past participlemordanted)

(transitive) To subject to the action of, orimbue with, a mordant.
Mordant these goods for dyeing.

Translations

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to subject to a mordant

Bulgarian:байцвам (bg)(bajcvam)
Catalan:mordentar (ca)
Finnish:purettaa (fi)
French:amordancer (fr)
Italian:mordenzare (it)

Anagrams

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dormant

French

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.dɑ̃/

Participle

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mordant

present participle ofmordre

Adjective

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mordant (femininemordante,masculine pluralmordants,feminine pluralmordantes)

Noun

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mordant m (pluralmordants)

(music)mordent(ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it)

Anagrams

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dormant

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchmordant.

Adjective

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mordant m or n (feminine singularmordantă,masculine pluralmordanți,feminine and neuter pluralmordante)

mordant

Declension

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Declension ofmordant
		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mordant	mordantă	mordanți	mordante
nominative- accusative	definite	mordantul	mordanta	mordanții	mordantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mordant	mordante	mordanți	mordante
genitive- dative	definite	mordantului	mordantei	mordanților	mordantelor