"nitrite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nitrite.wav Forms: nitrites [plural]
enPR: nī'trīt Rhymes: -aɪtɹaɪt Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nitrite (countable and uncountable, plural nitrites)
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitrous acid. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (salt or ester of nitrous acid): нитрит (nitrit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), nitrit [masculine] (Catalan), dusitan [masculine] (Czech), nitrit [masculine] (Czech), nitrito (Esperanto), azotito (Esperanto), nitraatti (Finnish), Nitrit [neuter] (German), nitrit (Hungarian), nítrít [neuter] (Icelandic), nitrito (Ido), nítrít [feminine] (Irish), nitrito (Italian), azotyn [masculine] (Polish), nitrito [masculine] (Portuguese), nitrito [masculine] (Spanish), nitrit (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nitrite-en-noun-Pkwcwqiq Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'salt or ester of nitrous acid': 95 5
  2. (chemistry) The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻ Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (-NO2 and NO2-): nitraatti (Finnish), nítrít [feminine] (Irish), nitrito (Italian), nitrito [masculine] (Portuguese), nitrito [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nitrite-en-noun-Vrwn08wz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 17 34 37 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '-NO2 and NO2-': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alkyl nitrite, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, isoamyl nitrite, isopropyl nitrite, nitrite reductase, nitritoid, potassium nitrite, sodium nitrite, sulfonitrite, sulphonitrite

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "-NO2 and NO2-",
      "word": "nitraatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "-NO2 and NO2-",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nítrít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "-NO2 and NO2-",
      "word": "nitrito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "-NO2 and NO2-",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nitrito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "-NO2 and NO2-",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nitrito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nitrite"
}

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