Wordwyrt

nitrous

/ˈnɪtɹəs/NIH-truhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈnɪtɹəs/NIH-truhs

Meaningof or containing nitre

Common meaning: containing nitrogen, as in nitrous oxide

Tap a word part to explore

Journey through time

  1. Arabicnitruinsource
  2. Latinnitrumsource
  3. Frenchnitre‘niter’source
  4. Englishnitre‘saltpetre’
  5. Englishformed in English from nitrenitrous‘containing nitrogen, as in nitrous oxide’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from nitre + -ous.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), NITRE, p.393 · scan

Source words

  • nitruin Arabic · source word “natron”

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app