English

Etymology
Old French salpetre, from Late Latin sal petrae, "salt of stone" or possibly "salt of w:Petra|Petra"

Noun
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1. potassium nitrate|Potassium nitrate.
2. sodium nitrate|Sodium nitrate.

Alternative spellings
saltpeter (US)

Synonyms
rfc-level|Synonyms at L4+ not in L3 POS section
(potassium nitrate): Chilean saltpeter/Chilean saltpetre, nitrate of potash, niter/nitre, potassium nitrate
(sodium nitrate): caliche, Chile saltpeter/Chile saltpetre, soda niter/soda nitre, sodium nitrate

Derived terms
Chile saltpetre
Chilean saltpetre
Norway salpetre

Translations

trans-top|potassium nitrate
Finnish: salpietari
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French: salpêtre m, salpêtre du Chili m, nitre#French|nitre
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trans-top|sodium nitrate
Dutch: salpeter#Dutch|salpeter
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German: Salpeter
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