nitro

• enPR: nī'trō, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɹəʊ

nitro (countable and uncountable, plural nitros)

1. (uncountable, chemistry) the univalent NO₂ functional group.
2. (uncountable, informal) nitroglycerin, especially as medication.
3. (countable, informal) A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head.
4. (uncountable, informal) nitromethane.
5. (uncountable, informal) nitrogen, especially as liquid nitrogen.
   • 8 April 2018 Chomp Squad, "You Can Handel It"

     Blaze, set the blasters to liquid nitro! We're gonna freeze this lava before it flows any further.

nitro (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Containing the nitro group.

   Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive.

• nitro-

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

Borrowed from Russian нутро́ (nutró), from Proto-Slavic *ǫtrò.

• IPA^(key):

nitro n

1. interior

   Synonyms: lůno, vnitřek

• “nitro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nitro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nitro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Clipping of nitroglyseriini

• IPA^(key): /ˈnitro/,
• Rhymes: -itro
• Syllabification^(key): nit‧ro

nitro

1. nitro (medical nitroglycerin)

• “nitro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• intro, rotin, torin, torni, trion

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.tro/
• Rhymes: -itro
• Hyphenation: nì‧tro

From Latin nitrum.

nitro m (plural nitri)

1. nitre, saltpetre

• salnitro

nitro f (invariable)

1. Clipping of nitroglicerina (“nitroglycerine”).

nitro

1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrare

• nitro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• intro-, torni, tornì, trino, troni

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.troː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.tro/,

nitrō

1. dative/ablative singular of nitrum

• IPA^(key): /ˈnitɾo/
• Rhymes: -itɾo
• Syllabification: ni‧tro

From Latin nitrum.

nitro m (plural nitros)

1. nitro

nitro

1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrar

• “nitro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014