salitre

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan salnitre, from Latin sal nitrum.

Noun

salitre m (plural salitres)

saltpetre (potassium nitrate)
saltpetre (sodium nitrate)
Synonym: salitre do Chile

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan salnitre, from Latin sal nitrum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

salitre m (plural salitres)

saltpetre, nitre
Synonym: nitro

Derived terms

salitrero

Further reading

“salitre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salitre.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sa‧lit‧re

IPA^(key): /saˈlitɾe/, [sɐˈlit.ɾe]

Noun

salitre

(chemistry) saltpetre; nitre

Derived terms

salitrehan

Further reading

“salitre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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