Meanings
plural ammonias
- countableuncountableA solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid.
Never use ammonia to clean metal writing pens.
2 more examples
Slowly we rode down to the camp - a very sorrowful party. We took "Nep" straight to the surgery, where the doctor instantly applied injections of ammonia, then the new remedy for snake bite.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 95When the woman pressed charges against the man who beat her up and threatened her, the man's girlfriend approached her after work and threw a bottle of ammonia at her.
1985 December 14, Kim Westheimer, “Rape-Surviving Lesbian Faces Repeated Attacks”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
From Latin sal ammoniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Ammon derives from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn (i-mn:n-A4).
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Arabic أَمُونِيَا, نُشَادِر
- أَمُونِيَا (ʔamūniyā)the compound NH3
- نُشَادِر (nušādir)the compound NH3
Brazilian Portuguese amônia
- amôniathe compound NH3
Bulgarian амоняк
- амоняк (amonjak)the compound NH3
Catalan amoníac
- amoníacthe compound NH3
Chinese Cantonese 氨, 氨氣 /氨气
- 氨 (on¹)the compound NH3
- 氨氣 /氨气 (on¹ hei³)the compound NH3
- 阿摩尼亞 /阿摩尼亚 (aa³ mo¹ nei⁴ aa³)the compound NH3
Chinese Mandarin 氨, 氨氣 /氨气
- 氨 (ān)the compound NH3
- 氨氣 /氨气 (ānqì)the compound NH3
- 阿摩尼亞 /阿摩尼亚 (āmóníyà)the compound NH3
- 安摩尼亞 /安摩尼亚 (ānmóníyà)the compound NH3
Czech čpavek, amoniak
- čpavekthe compound NH3
- amoniakthe compound NH3
Danish ammoniak
- ammoniakthe compound NH3
Dutch ammoniak
- ammoniakthe compound NH3
Esperanto amoniako
- amoniakothe compound NH3
Estonian ammoniaak
- ammoniaakthe compound NH3
European Portuguese amónia
- amóniathe compound NH3
Finnish ammoniakki
- ammoniakkithe compound NH3
French ammoniaque, ammoniac
- ammoniaquethe compound NH3
- ammoniacthe compound NH3
German Ammoniak
- Ammoniakthe compound NH3
Greek αμμωνία
- αμμωνία (ammonía)the compound NH3
Hungarian ammónia
- ammóniathe compound NH3
Indonesian amonia
- amoniathe compound NH3
Irish amóinia
- amóiniathe compound NH3
Italian ammoniaca
- ammoniacathe compound NH3
Japanese アンモニア
- アンモニア (anmonia)the compound NH3
Korean 암모니아
- 암모니아 (ammonia)the compound NH3
Latvian amonjaks
- amonjaksthe compound NH3
Malay amonia
- amoniathe compound NH3
Māori haukini
- haukinithe compound NH3
Norwegian Bokmål ammoniakk
- ammoniakkthe compound NH3
Persian آمونیاک
- آمونیاک (âmuniyâk)the compound NH3
Polish amoniak
- amoniakthe compound NH3
Portuguese amoníaco
- amoníacothe compound NH3
Romanian amoniac
- amoniacthe compound NH3
Russian аммиа́к
- аммиа́к (ammiák)the compound NH3
Slovak čpavok, amoniak
- čpavokthe compound NH3
- amoniakthe compound NH3
Spanish amoníaco
- amoníacothe compound NH3
Swedish ammoniak
- ammoniakthe compound NH3
Tagalog amonya
- amonyathe compound NH3
Turkish amonyak
- amonyakthe compound NH3
Ukrainian аміа́к, амоніа́к
- аміа́к (amiák)the compound NH3
- амоніа́к (amoniák)the compound NH3
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ammonia
Anagrams
Cite this entry
ammonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonia
“ammonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ammonia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonia.
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