nitrum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin nitrum. Doublet of nitre and natron. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaɪtɹəm/ === Noun === nitrum (uncountable) (chemistry, obsolete) niter ==== Derived terms ==== nitrum flammans === References === “nitrum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === RUMINT, rumint, untrim == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Semitic. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.trũː], [ˈnɪt.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.trum], [ˈnit.rum] === Noun === nitrum n (genitive nitrī); second declension various alkalis (especially soda ash) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== nitrōsus ==== Related terms ==== natrium ==== Descendants ==== === References === “nitrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nitrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "nitrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “nitrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.