Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Catalan salnitre,[1][2] from Latin sal nitrum.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧tre

Noun

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salitre m or f (plural salitres)

  1. saltpetre (potassium nitrate)
    Synonym: nitro

References

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  1. ^ salitre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ salitre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Catalan salnitre, from Latin sal nitrum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saˈlitɾe/ [saˈli.t̪ɾe]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -itɾe
  • Syllabification: sa‧li‧tre

Noun

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salitre m (plural salitres)

  1. saltpetre, nitre
    Synonym: nitro

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tagalog: salitre

Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish salitre.

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Noun

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salitre (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. (chemistry) saltpetre; nitre

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Further reading

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  • salitre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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