saltpetre
/ˈsɔːltpiːtə(ɹ)/
saltpetre noun: potassium nitrate.
Noun
saltpetre (usually uncountable, plural saltpetres)
- Potassium nitrate.
- Synonyms:
- Chilean saltpeter, Chilean saltpetre, nitrate of potash, niter, nitre, potassium nitrate
- Sodium nitrate.
- Synonyms:
- caliche, Chile saltpeter, Chile saltpetre, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate
Verb
saltpetre (third-person singular simple present saltpetres, present participle saltpetring, simple past and past participle saltpetred)
- To treat with saltpetre.
saltpetre meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
saltpetre in Tamil
- வெடியுப்பு
saltpetre in Urdu
- شورہ
saltpetre in Bengali
- পটাশিয়াম নাইট্রেট, সোডিয়াম নাইট্রেট, সল্টপিটার দিয়ে চিকিৎসা করা
saltpetre in Telugu
- saltpetre, nitre
- పెట్లుప్పు peṭluppu
- saltpetre, nitrate of Potash
- సురేకారము surēkāramu
More languagesFewer languages
- saltpetre in Kannada
- ಜವಕಾರ, ಯವಕ್ಷಾರ
- saltpetre in Gujarati
- સૂરોખાર sūrokhār
Synonyms of saltpetre
- Chilean saltpeter
- Chilean saltpetre
- nitrate of potash
- niter
- nitre
- potassium nitrate
- caliche
- Chile saltpeter
- Chile saltpetre
- soda niter
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of saltpetre
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | saltpetres |
| alternative US | saltpeter |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | saltpetres |
| present participle | saltpetring |
| past participle | saltpetred |
| past | saltpetred |
Origin of saltpetre
From Middle English saltpetre, alteration of Old French salpetre, from Medieval Latin sāl petrae (“salt of the rock”), named so being found as an incrustation. Alteration of the first element is from folk-etymological association with salt (which is, nevertheless, cognate to Latin sāl).
Words formed from saltpetre
- Chile saltpetre
- Chilean saltpetre
- Norway salpetre
- ? peter
Phrases with saltpetre
Questions about saltpetre
- What does saltpetre mean?
- Saltpetre means potassium nitrate.
- What is saltpetre in Tamil?
- Saltpetre in Tamil is வெடியுப்பு. See Saltpetre meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is saltpetre?
- Saltpetre can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce saltpetre?
- Saltpetre is pronounced /ˈsɔːltpiːtə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of saltpetre?
- The plural of saltpetre is saltpetres.
Words near saltpetre in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: saltpetre (page history and authors); saltpetre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); saltpetre (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); saltpetre (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పెట్లుప్పు (Telugu) (page history and authors); saltpetre (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સૂરોખાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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