Etymology

nitrate

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Today it means: Any salt or ester of nitric acid. Full definition →

French nitrate
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  1. French · borrowed fromnitrate
  2. French · borrowed fromnitrate
  3. English todaynitrate

Borrowed from French nitrate.

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