Latin

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Etymology

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Substantivisation of salārius (of or pertaining to salt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salārium n (genitive salāriī or salārī); second declension

  1. a salary, stipend, allowance, pension; originally money given to soldiers with which to buy salt
  2. a meal

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative salārium salāria
genitive salāriī
salārī1
salāriōrum
dative salāriō salāriīs
accusative salārium salāria
ablative salāriō salāriīs
vocative salārium salāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • Catalan: salari
  • Dutch: salaris
  • English: salary
  • French: salaire
  • Italian: salario
  • Portuguese: salário
  • Romanian: salariu
  • Spanish: salario

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin salārium.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -arjum
  • Syllabification: sa‧la‧rium

Noun

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salarium n (related adjective salaryjny)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of wynagrodzenie (salary)

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