nitrosamine
noun
nitrosamine is spelled N-I-T-R-O-S-A-M-I-N-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nitrosamine means “A divalent functional group, >N.N=O” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nitrosamine is nitrosamines.
How many letters and syllables are in nitrosamine?
| Letters | 11: N-I-T-R-O-S-A-M-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is nitrosamine?
Nitrosamine appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nitrosamine?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-nitrosamine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nitrosamine
- nitrosamines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nitrosamine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A divalent functional group, >N.N=O.
- 2
Any of a class of carcinogenic organic compounds containing this group, prepared by the reaction of amines with nitrites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nitrosamine come from?
From nitroso + amine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).