azote
az·ote
NitrogenNitrogen.
/ˈæzəʊt/
Meaning
1 senses(historical, uncountable)Nitrogen.
an obsolete name for nitrogen
Origin
Borrowed from French azote, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -τBorrowed from French azote, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -τικός (-tikós, “adjective suffix”). Named by French chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier, who saw it as the part of air which cannot sustain life.
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable