In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the mordant which fixes the dye in the wool.
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Mordant
//ˈmɔːdn̩t//
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38 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- язвителен adj (biting or caustic)
- байц noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
- байцвам verb (to subject to a mordant)
Catalan
2 entries- mordent noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
- mordentar verb (to subject to a mordant)
Finnish
4 entries- julma adj (biting or caustic)
- pisteliäs adj (biting or caustic)
- pureva adj (biting or caustic)
- puretin noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
French
2 entries- mordant adj (biting or caustic)
- amordancer verb (to subject to a mordant)
German
4 entries- beißend adj (biting or caustic)
- bissig adj (biting or caustic)
- sarkastisch adj (biting or caustic)
- Beize noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
Greek
2 entries- δηκτικός adj (biting or caustic)
- καυστικός adj (biting or caustic)
Gujarati
1 entries- રંગરખું noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
Italian
4 entries- caustico adj (biting or caustic)
- mordace adj (biting or caustic)
- mordente adj (biting or caustic)
- sarcastico adj (biting or caustic)
Korean
2 entries- 신랄한 adj (biting or caustic)
- 매염제 noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
Māori
2 entries- tūmau kano noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
- waitumu noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
Polish
4 entries- żrący adj (biting or caustic)
- zaprawa barwierska noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
- zaprawa farbiarska noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
- używać zaprawy farbiarskiej verb (to subject to a mordant)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- močilo noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
Spanish
3 entries- mordaz adj (biting or caustic)
- mordaz noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
- mordiente noun (a substance used to facilitate dye fixing)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Mordant these goods for dyeing.
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