acide nitrique
\a.sid ni.tʁik\
The verdict
“acide nitrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acide fort de formule brute HNO₃.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acide-nitrique · acide nitrique · French
acide nitrique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acide nitrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.sid ni.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « acide nitrique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
acide nitrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sid ni.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acide fort de formule brute HNO₃.".
Zero misspellings are on record for acide nitrique in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is acide nitrique, spelled A-C-I-D-E- -N-I-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Acide fort de formule brute HNO₃.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acide nitrique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le taureau, préalablement irrité, à dessein, dans sa cage, (par des piqûres et des frictions d’acide nitrique), sort furieux.
Je l’ai employée avec beaucoup de succès dans le traitement d’une mine de cobalt arsénicale; j’en ai séparé tout le cobalt et l’arsénic, et en ne traitant que par l’acide nitrique et les alcalis, la majeure partie de ces deux métaux restant unis ensemble à l’état d’arséniate.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.