Pronunciation

• enPR: nī'trō, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/Category:English 2-syllable words#NITROCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRO

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#NITRO
• Rhymes: -aɪtɹəʊCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪtɹəʊ#NITROCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪtɹəʊ/2 syllables#NITRO

Noun

nitro (countable and uncountable, plural nitros)Category:English lemmas#NITROCategory:English nouns#NITROCategory:English uncountable nouns#NITROCategory:English countable nouns#NITROCategory:English countable nouns#NITROCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NITROCategory:Pages with entries#NITROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#NITRO

1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#NITRO, chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#NITRO) The univalent NO₂ functional group.
2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#NITRO, informalCategory:English informal terms#NITRO) Nitroglycerin, especially as medication.
3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#NITRO, informalCategory:English informal terms#NITRO) A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head.
4. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#NITRO, informalCategory:English informal terms#NITRO) Nitromethane.
5. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#NITRO, informalCategory:English informal terms#NITRO) Nitrogen, especially as liquid nitrogen.
   • 8 April 2018 Chomp Squad, "You Can Handel It"

     Blaze, set the blasters to liquid nitro! We're gonna freeze this lava before it flows any further.

6. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#NITRO, informalCategory:English informal terms#NITRO) Nitrous oxide; the system that adds nitrous oxide to a car engine; by extension, a boost mechanic to speed up cars in a video game.
   • 2007, Bendik Stang, The Book of Games, Book of Games, →ISBN, page 256:

     You need to find the smartest routes and optimize the nitro boost to win.

     Category:English terms with quotations#NITRO

   • 2007 11, Bill Franklin, Trent the Racing Turtle, Trent The Racing turtle, →ISBN, page 102:

     Reaching down to his control panel , he pushed a big red button marked “nitro” . When the nitro mixed with the gasoline in the engine of Vane's monstrous machine, a giant fireball shot out from behind, launching the machine forward and almost knocking Vane right out of his seat.

     Category:English terms with quotations#NITRO

Adjective

nitro (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#NITROCategory:English adjectives#NITROCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#NITROCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NITROCategory:Pages with entries#NITROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#NITRO

1. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#NITRO) Containing the nitro group.

   Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive.Category:English terms with usage examples#NITRO

Related terms

• nitro-

Anagrams

• trion, tonir, Niort, intro-, intro, torni, Tiron, intro.

Etymology

Borrowed from RussianCategory:Czech terms borrowed from Russian#NITROCategory:Czech terms derived from Russian#NITRO нутро́ (nutró), from Proto-SlavicCategory:Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic#NITRO *ǫtrò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲɪtro]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRO

• Audio:

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  Category:Czech terms with audio pronunciation#NITRO

Noun

nitro nCategory:Czech lemmas#NITROCategory:Czech nouns#NITROCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#NITROCategory:Czech neuter nouns#NITROCategory:Pages with entries#NITROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#NITRO

1. interior

   Synonyms: lůno, vnitřek

Further reading

• “nitro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nitro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nitro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Etymology

Clipping of nitroglyseriiniCategory:Finnish clippings#NITRO.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnitro/, [ˈnit̪ro̞]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#NITROCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRO
• Rhymes: -itroCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/itro#NITROCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/itro/2 syllables#NITRO
• Syllabification^(key): nit‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): nit‧ro

Noun

nitroCategory:Finnish lemmas#NITROCategory:Finnish nouns#NITROCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#NITROCategory:Pages with entries#NITROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#NITRO

1. nitro (medical nitroglycerin)

Further reading

• “nitro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• intro, rotin, torin, torni, trion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.tro/Category:Italian 2-syllable words#NITROCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRO
• Rhymes: -itroCategory:Rhymes:Italian/itro#NITROCategory:Rhymes:Italian/itro/2 syllables#NITRO
• Hyphenation: nì‧tro

Etymology 1

From LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#NITRO nitrum.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Further reading

• nitro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• intro-, torni, tornì, trino, troni

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪ.troː]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#NITROCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.tro]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#NITROCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRO

Noun

nitrōCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#NITROCategory:Latin noun forms#NITROCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#NITROCategory:Pages with entries#NITROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#NITRO

1. dative/ablative singular of nitrum

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ni‧tro

Etymology 1

From LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#NITRO nitrum, from Ancient GreekCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#NITRO νίτρον (nítron).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “nitro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nitro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “nitro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnitɾo/ [ˈni.t̪ɾo]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#NITROCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#NITRO
• Rhymes: -itɾoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/itɾo#NITROCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/itɾo/2 syllables#NITRO
• Syllabification: ni‧tro

Etymology 1

From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#NITRO nitrum.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “nitro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025