nitrum

See also: nitrům

English

Etymology

From Latin nitrum. Doublet of nitre and natron.

Noun

nitrum (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) niter

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nitrum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Semitic.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.trum/, [ˈnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ] or IPA(key): /ˈnit.rum/, [ˈnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.trum/, [ˈniːt̪rum] or IPA(key): /ˈnit.rum/, [ˈnit̪rum]

Noun

nitrum n (genitive nitrī); second declension

  1. Various alkalis (especially soda ash)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nitrum nitra
Genitive nitrī nitrōrum
Dative nitrō nitrīs
Accusative nitrum nitra
Ablative nitrō nitrīs
Vocative nitrum nitra

Descendants
  • Catalan: nitre
  • French: nitre
  • Galician: nitro
  • Italian: nitro
  • Portuguese: nitro
  • Spanish: nitro

References
  • “nitrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nitrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nitrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nitrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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