niter

• nitre (UK)

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.

• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)

1. (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.
2. (US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

• niter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Niter”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “niter”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

• -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, n-tier, nitre, riten., terin, trine

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲɪtɛr]

niter n

1. genitive plural of nitro