salpêtre

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sal.pɛtʁ/
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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

Further reading

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