nitration
French, noun/ni.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
nitration is spelled N-I-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nitration is a French feminine noun meaning “nitration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réaction chimique qui permet d’introduire un ou plusieurs groupements nitro - NO₂ dans une molécule”.
What does nitration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenitration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réaction chimique qui permet d’introduire un ou plusieurs groupements nitro - NO₂ dans une molécule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nitration
- nitrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nitration?
- /ni.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ni.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nitration in French?
nitration appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).