nitrate

Etymology

From French nitrate

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/, [ˈnɐɪˑˌtʰɹeɪt]
  • Pronounced quite differently from night rate.

Noun

nitrate (plural nitrates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid.

Verb

nitrate (third-person singular simple present nitrates, present participle nitrating, simple past and past participle nitrated)

1. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate

Anagrams

• intreat, iterant, natrite, nattier, tainter, tartine, tertian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nit.ʁat/

Noun

nitrate m (plural nitrates)

1. nitrate

Further reading

• “nitrate” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• attenir, entrait, étirant, inertât, itérant, rentait, tartine

Verb

nitrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of nitrare
2. second-person plural imperative of nitrare
3. feminine plural of nitrato

Anagrams

• entrati, nettari, ritenta, tartine, tirante