nitre

See also: nitré

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French nitre, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

nitre (countable and uncountable, plural nitres)

1. British standard spelling of niter.
2. (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.
   • Bible, Jer. ii. 22

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

Anagrams

• Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, niter, riten., terin, trine

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nitʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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Etymology 1

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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
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. 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