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==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)merd-}}
From {{der|en|fr|mordant}}, from {{der|en|la|mordeō}}. {{doublet|en|mordent}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/mɔː(ɹ)dənt/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mordant.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{homophones|en|mordent}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Having or showing a sharp or critical quality
#: {{syn|en|biting|caustic|keen|sarcastic|severe}}
# Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|morsel}}
* {{l|en|remorse}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|biting or caustic}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|язвителен}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pureva}}, {{t+|fi|julma}}, {{t+|fi|pisteliäs}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mordant}}
* German: {{t+|de|beißend}}, {{t+|de|bissig}}, {{t+|de|sarkastisch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δηκτικός|m}}, {{t+|el|καυστικός|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mordente}}, {{t+|it|caustico}}, {{t+|it|sarcastico}}, {{t+|it|mordace}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|신랄한}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|żrący}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mordaz}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# Any substance used to [[facilitate]] the [[fixing]] of a [[dye]] to a [[fibre]]; usually a [[metallic]] compound which reacts with the dye using [[chelation]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1964|author=[[w:en:Louis Francis Salzman|L.F. Salzman]]|title=English Industries of the Middle Ages|page=208|text=In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the '''mordant''' which fixes the dye in the wool.}}
# Any [[corrosive]] substance used in [[etching]].
# A [[glutinous]] [[size]] used as a [[ground]] for [[gild]]ing, to make the [[gold leaf]] [[adhere]].

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|substance for etching}} {{l|en|etchant}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|acid mordant|mordant dye}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|a substance used to facilitate dye fixing}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|байц|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mordent|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|puretin}}
* German: {{t+|de|Beize|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|રંગરખું}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mordente|m}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|매염제}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|waitumu}}, {{t|mi|tūmau kano}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|zaprawa farbiarska|f}}, {{t|pl|zaprawa barwierska|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|močilo|n}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|mordiente}}, {{t+|es|mordaz}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To subject to the action of, or [[imbue]] with, a mordant.
#: {{ux|en|'''Mordant''' these goods for dyeing.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to subject to a mordant}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|байцвам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mordentar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|purettaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|amordancer}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mordenzare}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{pedia}}
* {{l|en|mordent}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=admnort|dormant}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}

===Participle===
{{head|fr|present participle}}

# {{present participle of|fr|mordre}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# [[biting]], [[sharp]], [[acrid]]
# {{l|en|mordant}}
# [[corrosive]]

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{lb|fr|music}} [[mordent]] {{gloss|ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|dormant}}

{{C|fr|Taste}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|mordant}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# {{l|en|mordant}}

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}

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