nitre

See also: nitré

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

nitre (countable and uncountable, plural nitres)

1. UK standard spelling of niter.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 2:22:

     For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.

   • 1847, editorial staff, “To Dye Yellow Color”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72:

     The best yellow on cotton is dyed with sugar, or nitre of lead and the bichromate of potass.

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     Had he bought nitre before, I have since tried to recall and I cannot. It is a common enough article and I sell it every day.

Derived terms

• nitriferous
• nitry

Anagrams

• terin, riten., inter-, n-tier, inert, -retin, -retin-, inter, Inter, retin, Trine, niter, Tiner, Terni, trine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nitʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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Etymology 1

From Latin nitrum (“niter, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”).

Noun

nitre m (uncountable)

1. (dated) saltpetre (potassium nitrate)

   Synonym: salpêtre

Related terms

• nitrate
• nitrater
• nitrer
• nitreux
• nitrique

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nitre

1. inflection of nitrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “nitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• rient, tenir, terni, Terni

Portuguese

Verb

nitre

1. inflection of nitrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of nitrir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

nitre

1. inflection of nitrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative