salitre

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan salnitre, from Latin sal nitrum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈli.tɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈli.tɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈli.tɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈli.tɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: sa‧li‧tre

Noun

salitre m or f (plural salitres)

1. saltpetre (potassium nitrate)

   Synonym: nitro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan salnitre, from Latin sal nitrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlitɾe/ [saˈli.t̪ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -itɾe
• Syllabification: sa‧li‧tre

Noun

salitre m (plural salitres)

1. saltpetre, nitre

   Synonym: nitro

Derived terms

• salitral
• salitrería
• salitrero
• salitroso

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: salitre

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salitre.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlitɾe/ [sɐˈlit.ɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -itɾe
• Syllabification: sa‧lit‧re

Noun

salitre (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. (chemistry) saltpetre; nitre

Derived terms

• salitrehan

Further reading

• “salitre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018