nitrite en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- nī'trīt
- /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
John Birdsall, a scientist for the American Meat Institute, said that there were no industry qualms about trying to lower the nitrite amounts even farther. For centuries, some form of nitrites have been used to cure and to preserve bacon and to give it a pink color.
1978 May 16, Seth S. King, “Nitrate Reduction Ordered in Bacon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- (countable, uncountable) The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nitrites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sulfonitrite · butyl nitrite · hyponitrite · alkyl nitrite · isopropyl nitrite · potassium nitrite · nitrituria · sulphonitrite · ethyl nitrite · isoamyl nitrite · amyl nitrite · nitritoid · sodium nitrite · nitrite reductase · cyclohexyl nitrite
Translations (29)
cy nitraid (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · tr nitrit (-NO2 and NO2-) · mi pākati ota (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · eo nitrito (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · ca nitrit (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · is nítrít (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · sv nitrit (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · tr nitrit (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · pl azotyn (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · io nitrito (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · ga nítrít (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · pt nitrito (-NO2 and NO2-) · es nitrito (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · fi nitraatti (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · sv nitrit (-NO2 and NO2-) · fi nitriitti (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · es nitrito (-NO2 and NO2-) · de Nitrit (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · cs dusitan (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · eo azotito (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · ga nítrít (-NO2 and NO2-) · pt nitrito (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · cs nitrit (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · bg нитрит (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · it nitrito (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · fi nitraatti (-NO2 and NO2-) · fi nitriitti (-NO2 and NO2-) · hu nitrit (salt or ester of nitrous acid) · it nitrito (-NO2 and NO2-)