nitro-

See also: nitro, Nitro, and nitrò

English

Alternative forms

• nitr- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). See niter.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

nitro-

1. nitrate, nitrogen
2. containing the nitro functional group

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with nitro-

• nitrazepam
• nitrile
• nitro
• nitroanisol
• nitrobenzamide
• nitrobenzide
• nitrobenzinic
• nitrobutyric
• nitrocaprylic
• Nitrochalk
• nitrocinnamic
• nitro-compound
• nitrocumene
• nitrocymene
• nitro-derivative
• nitro-explosive
• nitrofenac
• nitrofrangulic
• nitroglauberite
• nitro-group
• nitrohematate
• nitrohematic
• nitrohippuric
• nitrohydrochloric acid
• nitroleucate
• nitroleucic
• nitroleum
• nitrolic acid
• nitrolim
• nitromagnesite
• nitromannite
• nitromeconic
• nitromesidine
• nitromesitylene
• nitro-metal
• nitromethane
• nitrometric
• nitromuriate
• nitromuriatic acid
• nitronaphthalase
• nitronaphthalene
• nitronaphthalese
• nitronaphthalic
• nitronaphthalin
• nitronium
• nitrophenesic
• nitrophenid
• nitrophenisic
• nitropicric
• nitroprusside
• nitrosaccharate
• nitrosaccharic
• nitrosalicylic
• nitrosamine
• nitro-silk
• nitrostrychnia
• nitro-substitute
• nitrosulfuric, nitrosulphuric
• nitrosyl
• nitrotoluol
• nitrovaleric
• nitrovitriolic
• nitruret
• nitryl

 

Related terms

• nitrogen
• nitron
• nitroso-

Translations

nitrate, nitrogen

• Finnish: nitro-, typpi-
• Irish: nítri-

containing the nitro functional group

Anagrams

• trion, tonir, Niort, intro-, intro, torni, Tiron, intro.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲɪtro ]

Prefix

nitro-

1. intra-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with nitro-

Further reading

• nitro- I in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
• nitro- II in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English nitro-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnitro-/, [ˈnit̪ro̞-]

Prefix

nitro-

1. nitro-

Derived terms

compounds

• nitrobentseeni

 

Anagrams

• intro, rotin, torin, torni, trion

French

Prefix

nitro-

1. nitro-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with nitro-

German

Prefix

nitro-

1. nitro-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with nitro-

Italian

Prefix

nitro-

1. nitro-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with nitro-

Anagrams

• intro-, torni, tornì, trino, troni

Norwegian Bokmål

Prefix

nitro-

1. nitro-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with nitro-

Norwegian Nynorsk

Prefix

nitro-

1. nitro-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with nitro-

Spanish

Prefix

nitro-

1. nitro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with nitro-

Further reading

• “nitro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (before a vowel) nitr-

Etymology

The root of nitrogen.

Prefix

nitro-

1. (organic chemistry) nitro- (containing nitrogen)

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with nitro-