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sodium nitrite

/ˈsoʊ.di.əm ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
sodi-um ni-trite
IPA
/ˈsoʊ.di.əm ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sodium salt of nitrous acid, NaNO₂; used as a food preservative and in many industrial applications.

Countable; Uncountable

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsoʊ.di.əm ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sodium nitrites (plural)

Synonyms

E250 when used as a preservative sal prunella

Questions

How do you pronounce sodium nitrite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊ.di.əm ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/.
What does sodium nitrite mean?
The sodium salt of nitrous acid, NaNO₂; used as a food preservative and in many industrial applications.

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