nitro

See also: Nitro, nitro-, and nitrò

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nī'trō, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪtɹəʊ

Noun

nitro (countable and uncountable, plural nitros)

  1. (uncountable, chemistry) the univalent NO2 functional group.
  2. (uncountable, informal) nitroglycerin, especially as medication.
  3. (countable, informal) A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head.
  4. (uncountable, informal) nitromethane.
  5. (uncountable, informal) nitrogen, especially as liquid nitrogen.
    • 8 April 2018 "You Can Handel It", Chomp Squad
      Blaze, set the blasters to liquid nitro! We're gonna freeze this lava before it flows any further.

Translations

Adjective

nitro (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) containing the nitro group; such compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive

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Finnish

Noun

nitro

  1. nitro (medical nitroglycerin)

Declension

Inflection of nitro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative nitro nitrot
genitive nitron nitrojen
partitive nitroa nitroja
illative nitroon nitroihin
singular plural
nominative nitro nitrot
accusative nom. nitro nitrot
gen. nitron
genitive nitron nitrojen
partitive nitroa nitroja
inessive nitrossa nitroissa
elative nitrosta nitroista
illative nitroon nitroihin
adessive nitrolla nitroilla
ablative nitrolta nitroilta
allative nitrolle nitroille
essive nitrona nitroina
translative nitroksi nitroiksi
instructive — nitroin
abessive nitrotta nitroitta
comitative — nitroineen

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Italian

Noun 1

nitro m (plural nitri)

  1. nitre, saltpetre

Noun 2

nitro f (invariable)

  1. nitroglycerine

Verb

nitro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrare

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Latin

Noun

nitrō

  1. dative singular of nitrum
  2. ablative singular of nitrum
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