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)
- (chemistry) saltpetre (potassium nitrate)
Verb
salpêtre
- inflection of salpêtrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “salpêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.