nitre

Etymology

French nitre, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nitʁ/

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Noun

nitre m (uncountable)

1. (dated) saltpetre (potassium nitrate)

Verb

nitre

1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of nitrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nitrer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of nitrer
5. second-person singular imperative of nitrer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rient, tenir, terni, Terni