salpêtre

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sāl petrae, from sāl (“salt”) and petra (“rock, stone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sal.pɛtʁ/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

salpêtre m (plural salpêtres)

  1. (chemistry) saltpetre (potassium nitrate)

Verb

salpêtre

  1. inflection of salpêtrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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