mordant

Etymology
From, from. .

Adjective

 * 1) Having or showing a sharp or critical quality
 * 2) Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.
 * 1) Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Korean: 신랄한
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
 * 2) Any corrosive substance used in etching.
 * 3) A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.
 * 1) A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: puretin
 * German:
 * Gujarati: રંગરખું
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 매염제
 * Maori: waitumu, tūmau kano
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: mordiente,

Verb

 * 1)  To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:

Adjective

 * 1) biting, sharp, acrid
 * 2) corrosive
 * 1) corrosive

Etymology
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