nitrite

See also: Nitrite

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: nī'trīt, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/

Noun

nitrite (countable and uncountable, plural nitrites)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitrous acid
2. (chemistry) The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂^-

Derived terms

• alkyl nitrite
• amyl nitrite
• butyl nitrite
• cyclohexyl nitrite
• ethyl nitrite
• isopropyl nitrite
• nitritoid
• sodium nitrite
• sulfonitrite, sulphonitrite

 

Translations

salt or ester of nitrous acid

• Catalan: nitrit m
• Czech: dusitan m, nitrit m
• Esperanto: nitrito (eo), azotito
• Finnish: nitraatti (fi)
• Icelandic: nítrít n
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• Ido: nitrito (io)
• Irish: nítrít f
• Italian: nitrito (it)
• Spanish: nitrito m
• Swedish: nitrit (sv)

-NO₂ and NO₂^-

• Finnish: nitraatti (fi)
• Irish: nítrít f
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• Italian: nitrito (it)
• Spanish: nitrito m

Anagrams

• nittier

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Italian

Verb

nitrite

1. second-person plural present indicative of nitrire
2. second-person plural imperative of nitrire
3. masculine plural of nitrito

Anagrams

• ritenti, ritinte