Meanings
- uncountablechemistryA transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes.
Instantly a little vapour arose from it, as happens when one disturbs nitric acid, and this sight did not increase my hopes, already faint enough, of the efficacy of the treatment.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCSynonyms: aqua fortis, strong water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes.
More synonyms by meaning
nounacid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic حمض النتريك
- حمض النتريك (ḥamḍ an-nitrīk)HNO3
Catalan àcid nítric
- àcid nítricHNO3
Chinese Mandarin 硝酸
- 硝酸 (xiāosuān)HNO3
Czech kyselina dusičná
- kyselina dusičnáHNO3
Danish salpetersyre, hydrogennitrat
- salpetersyreHNO3
- hydrogennitratHNO3
Dutch salpeterzuur
- salpeterzuurHNO3
Esperanto nitracido, nitrata acido
- nitracidoHNO3
- nitrata acidoHNO3
Finnish typpihappo
- typpihappoHNO3
French acide nitrique, acide azotique
- acide nitriqueHNO3
- acide azotiqueHNO3
German Salpetersäure
- SalpetersäureHNO3
Greek νιτρικό οξύ
- νιτρικό οξύ (nitrikó oxý)HNO3
Hungarian salétromsav
- salétromsavHNO3
Indonesian asam nitrat
- asam nitratHNO3
Irish aigéad nítreach
- aigéad nítreachHNO3
Italian acido nitrico
- acido nitricoHNO3
Japanese 硝酸
- 硝酸 (shōsan)HNO3
Korean 질산, 초산
- 질산 (jilsan)HNO3
- 초산 (chosan)HNO3
Latvian slāpekļskābe
- slāpekļskābeHNO3
Māori waikawa hauota
- waikawa hauotaHNO3
Norwegian Bokmål salpetersyre
- salpetersyreHNO3
Persian نیتریک اسید, تیزآب
- نیتریک اسید (nitrik asid)HNO3
- تیزآب (tiz-âb)HNO3
- جوهر شوره (jowhar-e šure)HNO3
Polish kwas azotowy
- kwas azotowyHNO3
Portuguese ácido nítrico
- ácido nítricoHNO3
Romanian acid nitric, acid azotic
- acid nitricHNO3
- acid azoticHNO3
Russian азо́тная кислота́
- азо́тная кислота́ (azótnaja kislotá)HNO3
Spanish ácido nítrico
- ácido nítricoHNO3
Swedish salpetersyra
- salpetersyraHNO3
Tagalog agwa-puwerte
- agwa-puwerteHNO3
Thai กรดไนตริก
- กรดไนตริก (gròt-nai-dtrìk)HNO3
Turkish kezzap suyu, nitrik asit
- kezzap suyuHNO3
- nitrik asitHNO3
Vietnamese axit nitric
- axit nitricHNO3
Welsh asid nitrig
- asid nitrigHNO3
Cite this entry
nitric acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitric%20acid
“nitric acid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitric%20acid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nitric acid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitric%20acid.
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