nitrum

See also: nitrům

English

Etymology

From Latin nitrum. Doublet of nitre and natron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtɹəm/

Noun

nitrum (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) niter

Derived terms

• nitrum flammans

References

• “nitrum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• RUMINT, rumint, untrim

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.trum/, [ˈnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ] or IPA^(key): /ˈnit.rum/, [ˈnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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

Related terms

• natrium

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.