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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NITRE

Via Old French from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitronnatron.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NITRE

nitre  [ˈnaɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NITRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nitre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NITRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nitre

Niter

Niter or nitre is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3, also known as saltpeter in America or saltpetre in other English speaking countries. Historically, the term "niter" was not well differentiated from natron, both of which have been very vaguely defined but generally refer to compounds of sodium or potassium joined with carbonate or nitrate ions. Because of its ready solubility in water, niter is most often found in arid environments. A major source of sodium nitrate mineral is the Atacama desert in Chile. Potassium and other nitrates are of great importance for use in fertilizers and, historically, gunpowder. Much of the world's demand is now met by synthetically produced nitrates, though the natural mineral is still mined and is still of significant commercial value.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NITRE


all-nighter
ˌɔːlˈnaɪtə
amanita
ˌæməˈnaɪtə
benighter
bɪˈnaɪtə
biter
ˈbaɪtə
citer
ˈsaɪtə
fighter
ˈfaɪtə
firefighter
ˈfaɪəˌfaɪtə
igniter
ɪɡˈnaɪtə
inviter
ɪnˈvaɪtə
lighter
ˈlaɪtə
mitre
ˈmaɪtə
niter
ˈnaɪtə
overnighter
ˌəʊvəˈnaɪtə
reiter
ˈraɪtə
reuniter
ˌriːjuːˈnaɪtə
songwriter
ˈsɒŋˌraɪtə
titre
ˈtaɪtə
typewriter
ˈtaɪpˌraɪtə
uniter
juːˈnaɪtə
writer
ˈraɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NITRE

nitramine
nitraniline
nitrate
nitratine
nitration
nitrator
nitrazepam
nitreous silica
nitric
nitric acid
nitric bacteria
nitric oxide
nitride
nitriding
nitrifiable
nitrification
nitrified
nitrifier
nitrifies
nitrify

WORDS THAT END LIKE NITRE

bishop´s mitre
centilitre
Chile nitre
decalitre
decilitre
dekalitre
exophthalmic goitre
goitre
hectolitre
kilolitre
litre
megalitre
microlitre
millilitre
reconnoitre
soda nitre
unmitre

Synonyms and antonyms of nitre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nitre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NITRE

Find out the translation of nitre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nitre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nitre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nitro
570 millions of speakers

English

nitre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nitre
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ملح البارود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

селитра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

salitre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শোরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nitre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nitre
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Salpeter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nitre
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

질산 칼륨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nitre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiêu thạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nitre
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नायट्र्रे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

potasyum nitrat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nitro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

saletra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

селітра
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

azotat de potasiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Νίτρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

loog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

salpeter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

salpeter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nitre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NITRE»

The term «nitre» is regularly used and occupies the 80.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NITRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nitre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NITRE»

Discover the use of nitre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nitre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Memoir on the Explosiveness of Nitre: With a View to ...
MEMOIR ON THE EXPLOSIVENESS OF NITRE. SUMMARY. Statement of the Phenomena and Facts q' the Great Ezplos'ion.—Attributed to Gunpowder -—This disproved by competent Witnesses-Failure of the Chemists employed by the City  ...
Robert Hare, 1849
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Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, A new universal English ...
Nitre attenuates and renders the whole Mass of Humours more fluid : Hence we understaad why it is highly efficacious in extinguishing the Heat of the Body, and why no Salt is more friendly to the Constitution than Nitre. Upon injecting various  ...
Robert James, 1747
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A Dictionary of Chemistry, on the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's: ...
After a succession of many months, more or less, according to the management of the operation, in which the action of a regular current of fresh air is of the greatest importance, nitre is found in the mass. If the beds contained much vegetable ...
Andrew Ure, Robert Hare, 1821
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The Search for Nitre, and the True Nature of Guano: Being an ...
Being an Account of a Voyage to the South-west Coast of Africa : Also a Description of the Minerals Found There, and of the Guano Islands in that Part of the World Thomas Edward Eden. SEARCH FOR NITRE, TRUE NATURE OF GUANO, ...
Thomas Edward Eden, 1846
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Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts
30 Aclion of Nitre upon Gold, &c. valves be made Do open mechanically, the maximum of exhaustion will in- theory be in the duplicate ratio of the smaller space to the larger, assuming both strokes to be equal in the barrels through which the ...
William Nicholson, 1799
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Elements of chemistry: in a new systematic order, containing ...
fpota;h Rlit (. heavy earth. i Nitre, saltpetre, Nitre f with base of potash. Soda Strontites. Lime Magnesia Argill Oxide of zinc iron . ' manganese r. cobalt nickel lead " ' . ... J tin copper bismuth- antimony arsenic mercury - silver . gold platina soda ...
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, 1796
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The Development of Chemistry, 1789-1914: Elements of chemistry
Nitre, with a base of heavy earth. Nitre, saltpetre. Nitre with base of potash. Quadrangular nitre. , Nitre with base of mineral alkali. Calcareous nitre. Nitre with calcareous base. Mother water of ni- ^ tre, or saltpetre. C Magnesian nitre. Nitre \ with ...
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, David M. Knight, 1998
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Elements of Chemistry
Nitre, with a base of heavy earth. Nitre, saltpetre. Nitre potash with base of potash . Quadrangular nitre. Nitre with base of 3 mineral alkali. Calcareous nitre. Nitre lime with ealcareous base. Mother water of ni. tre, or saltpetre. fi Magnesian nitre.
Antoine Lavoisier, 2011
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Elements of Chemistry, in a New Systematic Order: Containing ...
Nitre, with a base of heavy earth. Nitre, saltpetre. Nitre potash with base of potash . Quadrangular nitre. Nitre with base of 3 mineral alkali. Calcareous nitre. Nitre lime with ealcareous base. Mother water of ni. tre, or saltpetre. fi Magnesian nitre.
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The Complete Works:
teemed Boyle's intention to explain to us the nature of Nitre, that it was a heterogeneous body consisting of fixed and volatile parts, I intended in my explanation to show (as I think I have more than adequately shown) that we can quite easily ...
Baruch Spinoza, Samuel Shirley, Michael L. Morgan, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NITRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nitre is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pôjdem až na vlastný pohreb, hovorievala komička Magda …
Patrila k zakladajúcim členom Divadla Andreja Bagara v Nitre (vtedy Krajského divadla), kde v roku 1949 začala svoju hereckú kariéru. «SME.sk, Jul 15»
2
The Glorious Fourth: In 1930s West Lebanon, the Day Brought …
Lampblack gave red and nitre pink; lycopodium burnt with a brilliant sheet of rose-colored flame; camphor shone dead white and verdigris a ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
3
Top 10 for Friday: Top 10 Things to Do This Weekend
Tours of Lawrence Cabin & Nitre Hall. Haverford Township's own historical re-enactors with butter churning demos, candle dipping, soap ... «The Delaware County Daily Times, Jun 15»
4
Historian William Rogers' book delves into murder case
In fact, Clapp turned to manufacturing nitre (a component of gunpowder) for the Confederacy so he could be exempted from military service; ... «Tallahassee.com, May 15»
5
Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery survives with little medical help
We gave him broken dozes of diluted nitre and made him drink plentifully of sage tea, had his feet bathed in warm water and at 9 p.m. gave him ... «Coeur d'Alene Press, May 15»
6
It's Palindrome Week — 8 Craziest Palindromes to Celebrate the …
... Isacco, Romanizer, Eben, Iarbas, Sakkara, a nitre, Bleuler, OCD, FBA, Neison, Aklog, Laith, Salema, Jno, Rhaetic, Ulm, Isak, Lusatia, Gavrah, ... «Mic, May 15»
7
V Nitre padol aeromobil aj s jeho vynálezcom
NITRA. Pri nitrianskom letisku v Janíkovciach sa v piatok podvečer zrútil aeromobil nitrianskeho dizajnéra Štefana Kleina. Pilotoval ho samotný ... «SME.sk, May 15»
8
Settling the Score: Friday's results
But first, you need to make yourself a batch of spiced clarified butter, or nitre kibbe. Here's how: You need a pound of butter (four sticks), half of ... «NBCSports.com, Apr 15»
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Brewers sign left-hander Michael Kirkman
Spread the injera with butter (preferably the ambrosial spiced clarified butter called nitre kibbe, which I'll talk about later) and then spread with ... «NBCSports.com, Apr 15»
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Middle East expansion, talking to Soren Kannov from Teleste
East.com talked to Soren Kannov, the Director of Business Development for Middle East and India and Olivier Nitre, Vice president of Sales and ... «SecurityMiddleEast, Mar 15»

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