nitrum

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.

Noun

nitrum n (genitive nitrī); second declension

  1. Various alkalis (especially soda ash)

Inflection

Second declension.

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

References
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