niter

English

Alternative forms

• nitre (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron and trona. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)

1. (US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
2. (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.

Derived terms

(terms derived from niter (noun)):

• niter bush
• nitracrol
• Nitralloy
• nitramidin
• nitran
• nitraniline
• nitranisic
• nitrate
• nitridation
• nitriding
• nitrile
• nitrion
• nitrite
• nitryl
• soda niter

Related terms

(terms related to niter (noun)):

• nitric
• nitrifaction
• nitrify
• nitrogen
• nitrous

Translations

sodium carbonate

• Esperanto: natro (eo)

potassium nitrate

• Esperanto: salpetro

Further reading

• niter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Niter”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “niter”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• terin, riten., inter-, n-tier, inert, -retin, -retin-, inter, Inter, retin, Trine, nitre, Tiner, Terni, trine

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲɪtɛr]

Noun

niter n

1. genitive plural of nitro