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.

6. (uncountable, informal) The system that adds nitrous oxide to a car engine; by extension, a boost mechanic to speed up cars in a video game.
   • 2007, Bendik Stang, The Book of Games, Book of Games, →ISBN, page 256:

     You need to find the smartest routes and optimize the nitro boost to win.

   • 2007 11, Bill Franklin, Trent the Racing Turtle, Trent The Racing turtle, →ISBN, page 102:

     Reaching down to his control panel , he pushed a big red button marked “nitro” . When the nitro mixed with the gasoline in the engine of Vane's monstrous machine, a giant fireball shot out from behind, launching the machine forward and almost knocking Vane right out of his seat.

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): [ˈɲɪtro]

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), 2008–2025

Clipping of nitroglyseriini

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

nitro

1. nitro (medical nitroglycerin)

• “nitro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• 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): [ˈnɪ.troː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.t̪ro]

nitrō

1. dative/ablative singular of nitrum

• Hyphenation: ni‧tro

From Latin nitrum, from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron).

nitro m (plural nitros)

1. (chemistry) nitro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nitro

1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nitro

1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrir

• “nitro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “nitro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈnitɾo/ [ˈni.t̪ɾo]
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024