saltpetre

English

Alternative forms

• saltpeter (US)

Etymology

From the Old French salpetre, from Late Latin sāl petrae (“stone salt; possibly "salt of Petra"”).

Noun

saltpetre (uncountable)

Wikipedia

1. Potassium nitrate.
2. Sodium nitrate.

Synonyms

• (potassium nitrate): Chilean saltpeter/Chilean saltpetre, nitrate of potash, niter/nitre, potassium nitrate
• (sodium nitrate): caliche, Chile saltpeter/Chile saltpetre, soda niter/soda nitre, sodium nitrate

Derived terms

• Chile saltpetre
• Chilean saltpetre
• Norway salpetre

Translations

potassium nitrate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硝石 (cmn) (xiāoshí)

• Finnish: salpietari (fi)
• French: salpêtre m, salpêtre du Chili m, nitre
• Icelandic: saltpétur (is) m, kalínítrat (is) n, kalísaltpétur (is) m, kalíumnítrat (is) n

• Japanese: 硝酸カリウム (ja) (shōsan kariumu)
• Khmer: ផ្កាក្រាម (km) (pkaa kraam)
• Portuguese: salitre (pt)
• Russian: селитра (ru) (selítra) f 
• Swedish: salpeter (sv) c

sodium nitrate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硝酸鈉 (cmn), 硝酸钠 (cmn) (xiāosuānnà)

• Dutch: salpeter (nl)
• German: Salpeter (de)

• Icelandic: Sílesaltpétur (is) m, Chile-saltpétur (is) m, natíumnítrat (is) n
• Portuguese: salitre (pt)
• Russian: селитра (ru) (selítra) f 

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