Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

niter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
niter
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Native sodium carbonate; natron.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron and trona. Compare also natrium, nitrogen. Compare reconstructed Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“nitre”) related to Modern English lye.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

niters (plural) nitre (alternative, UK)

Derived Forms

nitracrol Nitralloy nitramidin nitran nitraniline nitranisic nitrate nitridation nitriding nitrile nitrion nitrite

Phrases

niter bush soda niter

Frequently Paired Words

nitric nitrifaction nitrify nitrogen nitrous

Synonyms

potassium nitrate saltpeter saltpetre nitre

Rhymes With

writer fighter lighter brighter whiter mitre biter ankle biter titer titre nitre sighter

Questions

What does niter mean?
A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
Where does niter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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