Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nitrite

/ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: ni-trite
IPA: /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"John Birdsall, a scientist for the American Meat Institute, said that there were no industry qualms about trying to lower the nitrite amounts even farther. For centuries, some form of nitrites have been used to cure and to preserve bacon and to give it a pink color."

Usage

Inflected Forms

nitrites (plural)

Derived Forms

hyponitrite nitritoid nitrituria sulfonitrite sulphonitrite

Phrases

alkyl nitrite amyl nitrite butyl nitrite cyclohexyl nitrite ethyl nitrite isoamyl nitrite isopropyl nitrite nitrite reductase

Questions

How do you pronounce nitrite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/.
What does nitrite mean?: Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.

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