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

first-person singular present indicative of salpêtrer
third-person singular present indicative of salpêtrer
first-person singular present subjunctive of salpêtrer
third-person singular present subjunctive of salpêtrer
second-person singular imperative of salpêtrer

Further reading

“salpêtre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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