saltpetre

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Potassium nitrate.
2. (uncommon, uncountable, usually) Sodium nitrate.

Verb

To treat with saltpetre.

Concetti

salnitro

nitrato di potassio

nitrato di sodio

nitro

sinonimi

saltpeter

nitre

potassium nitrate

niter

nitrate

gunpowder

nitrokalite

Traduzioni

salpêtre

salitre

Salpeter

salpeter

nitre

salitre

νιτρικό κάλιο

νίτρο

nitre

salpêtre du Chili

güherçile

salnitre

küherçile

salpetre

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsɔːltpiːtə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: saltpetre

In summary

From Middle English saltpetre, alteration of Old French salpetre, from Medieval Latin sāl petrae (“salt of the rock”), named so being found as an incrustation. Alteration of the first element is from folk-etymological association with salt (which is, nevertheless, cognate to Latin sāl).