nitro

See also: Nitro, nitro-, and nitrò

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nī'trō, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/
  • (file)
  • 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.
    Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive.

Derived terms

  • nitro acid
  • nitro blue tetrazolium chloride
  • nitro powder

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Czech

Etymology

From Russian нутро́ (nutró), from Proto-Slavic *ǫtrò.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɪtro]

Noun

nitro n

  1. interior
    Synonyms: lůno, vnitřek

Declension

Derived terms

  • (adjective) niterný

Further reading

  • nitro in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • nitro in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • nitro in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of nitroglyseriini

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnitro/, [ˈnit̪ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -itro
  • Syllabification(key): nit‧ro

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
Possessive forms of nitro (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person nitroni nitromme
2nd person nitrosi nitronne
3rd person nitronsa

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni.tro/
  • Rhymes: -itro
  • Hyphenation: nì‧tro

Etymology 1

From Latin nitrum.

Noun

nitro m (plural nitri)

  1. nitre, saltpetre

Noun

nitro f (invariable)

  1. Clipping of nitroglicerina (nitroglycerine).

Verb

nitro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrare

Further reading

  • nitro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

nitrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of nitrum

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nitrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnitɾo/ [ˈni.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -itɾo
  • Syllabification: ni‧tro

Noun

nitro m (plural nitros)

  1. nitro

Further reading

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