natron
French, noun/na.tʁɔ̃/
natron is spelled N-A-T-R-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Natron is a French masculine noun meaning “natron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carbonate de sodium, solide et naturel, de formule brute Na₂CO₃ • 10 H₂O, ordinairement mêlé à du sel marin…”.
What does natron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenatron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carbonate de sodium, solide et naturel, de formule brute Na₂CO₃ • 10 H₂O, ordinairement mêlé à du sel marin et à du sulfate de sodium; minéral utilisé autrefois en Égypte pour la conservation des momies.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of natron
- natrons plural
- natrum
- anatron
- nitron
- natroun
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce natron?
- /na.tʁɔ̃/
- \na.tʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is natron in French?
natron appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).