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# How to pronounce "nitrifying" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/nɪtrɪfɪɪng/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ni·tri·fying**
- **Parts of Speech**: adjective
- **ADJECTIVE**: Describing certain bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrite and nitrate in the soil

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "nitrifying" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "These antibiotics are specifically directed to this little bacteria, we say the nitrifying bacteria. Because of that, it tightly controls this nitrifying bacteria function in the soil. It doesn't allow it to function."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 6:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVyYilPj5Sc&t=399s)

### Example 2
> "but they're not picky, they like poop and urine, too. Then once this has happened, other bacteria known as nitrifying bacteria can take this ammonia and convert it into nitrates, three oxygen atoms attached to a single nitrogen atom, and nitrites, two oxygen atoms attached to a nitrogen, and those are even easier than ammonium for plants to assimilate."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHy-Y_8nRs&t=202s)

### Example 3
> "It produces large amounts of antibiotics from the root systems. These antibiotics are specifically directed to this little bacteria, we say the nitrifying bacteria. Because of that, it tightly controls this nitrifying bacteria function in the soil."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 6:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVyYilPj5Sc&t=391s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [nidifying](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nidifying)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "nitrifying" correctly?
"nitrifying" is pronounced `/nɪtrɪfɪɪng/`. Syllable breakdown: **ni·tri·fying**.

### What does "nitrifying" mean in context?
Describing certain bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrite and nitrate in the soil

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