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Webster 1828 Edition

Nitrite

NI'TRITE

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Noun.

A salt formed by the combination of the nitrous acid with a base.

Definition 2025

Nitrite

Nitrite

See also: nitrite

German

Noun

Nitrite n

plural of Nitrit

nitrite

nitrite

See also: Nitrite

English

Noun

nitrite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nitrites)

(chemistry) any salt or ester of nitrous acid
(chemistry) the univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂^-

Derived terms

Derived terms

alkyl nitrite
amyl nitrite
butyl nitrite
cyclohexyl nitrite
ethyl nitrite

isopropyl nitrite
nitritoid
sodium nitrite
sulfonitrite, sulphonitrite

Translations

salt or ester of nitrous acid

Esperanto: nitrito (eo), azotito
Finnish: nitraatti (fi)
Icelandic: nítrít n
Ido: nitrito (io)

Irish: nítrít f
Italian: nitrito (it)
Spanish: nitrito m

-NO₂ and NO₂^-

Finnish: nitraatti (fi)
Irish: nítrít f

Italian: nitrito (it)
Spanish: nitrito m

Italian

Verb

nitrite

second-person plural present indicative of nitrire
second-person plural imperative of nitrire
plural of nitrito

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