nitrate
English
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#NITRATECategory:English terms derived from French#NITRATE nitrate.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: nī'trāt, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/, [ˈnaɪ̯ˌtʰɹeɪ̯t]Category:English 2-syllable words#NITRATECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRATE
- Rhymes: -aɪtɹeɪtCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪtɹeɪt#NITRATECategory:Rhymes:English/aɪtɹeɪt/2 syllables#NITRATE
Noun
nitrate (plural nitrates)Category:English lemmas#NITRATECategory:English nouns#NITRATECategory:English countable nouns#NITRATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NITRATECategory:Pages with entries#NITRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#NITRATE
- (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#NITRATE) Any salt or ester of nitric acid. Category:en:Nitrogen#NITRATE
- 1992 March 10, “Removal of Nitrates”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Nitrates are most commonly used in fertilizers, especially sodium and potassium nitrates. Numerous water wells have had to be abandoned because of the lack of a way to deal with the problem.Category:English terms with quotations#NITRATE
- 2003 August 11, Paul Brown, “Nitrate pollution raises water bills”, in The Guardian:
- The underground water which feeds Britain's springs and rivers and provides a third of its drinking water is becoming seriously polluted with nitrates, causing a threat to wildlife and landing consumers with a big purification bill.Category:English terms with quotations#NITRATE
- 2018 March 1, Bee Wilson, “Yes, bacon really is killing us”, in The Guardian:
- The pinkness of bacon – or cooked ham, or salami – is a sign that it has been treated with chemicals, more specifically with nitrates and nitrites.Category:English terms with quotations#NITRATE
Derived terms
- alkylnitrate
- aluminium nitrate
- ammonia nitrate
- ammonitrate
- ammonium nitrate
- amyl nitrate
- assimilatory nitrate reductase
- barium nitrate
- beryllium nitrate
- cadmium nitrate
- caesium nitrate
- calcium nitrate
- cellulose nitrate
- ceric ammonium nitrate
- cesium nitrate
- copper nitrate
- denitrate
- dinitrate
- ethyl nitrate
- gallium nitrate
- guanidine nitrate
- hexanitrate
- hydrogen nitrate
- hydroxylammonium nitrate
- lead nitrate
- lithium nitrate
- magnesium nitrate
- mercuric nitrate
- mercurous nitrate
- mononitrate
- nickel nitrate
- nitrate bath
- nitrate of ammonia
- nitrate of amyl
- nitrate of baryta
- nitrate of bismuth
- nitrate of calcium
- nitrate of cobalt
- nitrate of copper
- nitrate of lead
- nitrate of lime
- nitrate of mercury
- nitrate of potash
- nitrate of potassium
- nitrate of silver
- nitrate of soda
- nitrate of sodium
- nitrate of strontia
- nitrate reductase
- nitrate reductase test
- nitrate vulnerable zone
- nitratian
- nitratine
- nitration
- nitratite
- nitratocuprate
- organonitrate
- orthonitrate
- oxalonitrate
- oxynitrate
- palladium nitrate
- pernitrate
- peroxyacetyl nitrate
- plumbous nitrate
- plutonyl nitrate
- potassium nitrate
- promethium nitrate
- propatylnitrate
- protonitrate
- rubidium nitrate
- silver-copper nitrate
- silver nitrate
- sodium nitrate
- strontium nitrate
- subnitrate
- sulfonitrate
- sulphonitrate
- tellurium nitrate
- tetranitrate
- thorium nitrate
- trinitrate
- trisnitrate
- uranic nitrate
- uranium nitrate
- uranyl nitrate
Translations
Verb
nitrate (third-person singular simple present nitrates, present participle nitrating, simple past and past participle nitrated)Category:English lemmas#NITRATECategory:English verbs#NITRATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NITRATECategory:Pages with entries#NITRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#NITRATE
- To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in French entries#NITRATE
Pronunciation
Noun
nitrate m (plural nitrates)Category:French lemmas#NITRATECategory:French nouns#NITRATECategory:French countable nouns#NITRATECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#NITRATECategory:French masculine nouns#NITRATECategory:Pages with entries#NITRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#NITRATE
Further reading
- “nitrate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niˈtra.te/Category:Italian 3-syllable words#NITRATECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRATE
- Rhymes: -ateCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ate#NITRATECategory:Rhymes:Italian/ate/3 syllables#NITRATE
- Hyphenation: ni‧trà‧te
Etymology 1
Verb
nitrateCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#NITRATECategory:Italian verb forms#NITRATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#NITRATECategory:Pages with entries#NITRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#NITRATE
- inflection of nitrare:
Etymology 2
Adjective
nitrateCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#NITRATECategory:Italian adjective forms#NITRATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#NITRATECategory:Pages with entries#NITRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#NITRATE
Participle
nitrate f plCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#NITRATECategory:Italian past participle forms#NITRATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#NITRATECategory:Pages with entries#NITRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#NITRATE
Anagrams
Spanish
Verb
nitrateCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#NITRATECategory:Spanish verb forms#NITRATECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NITRATECategory:Pages with entries#NITRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#NITRATE
- second-person singular voseo imperative of nitrar combined with te