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salt

See also: Salt, sålt, and SALT

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EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English salt, from Old English sealt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą (compare Dutch zout, German Salz, Norwegian Bokmål salt and Swedish salt), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- (“salt”) (compare Welsh halen, Irish salann, Latin sal, Russian соль (solʹ), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), Albanian ngjelmë (“salty, savory”), Old Armenian աղ (ał), Tocharian A sāle, Sanskrit सलिल (salila)).

PronunciationEdit

 
salt crystals

NounEdit

salt (countable and uncountable, plural salts)

  1. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
    • c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
      Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]
  2. (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
  3. (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
  4. (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
    • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
      Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapter 1
      I never go as a passenger; nor, though I am something of a salt, do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook.
  5. (cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
  6. A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
  7. (obsolete) Flavour; taste; seasoning.
    • Shakespeare
      Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen […] we have some salt of our youth in us.
  8. (obsolete) Piquancy; wit; sense.
    Attic salt
  9. (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
    • Samuel Pepys
      I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts.
  10. (figuratively) Skepticism and common sense.
    Any politician's statements must be taken with a grain of salt, but his need to be taken with a whole shaker of salt.
  11. (Internet slang) Indignation; outrage; arguing.
    There was so much salt in that thread about the poor casting decision.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

See salt/translations § Noun.

AdjectiveEdit

salt (comparative more salt, superlative most salt)

  1. Salty; salted.
    salt beef;  salt tears
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      Philander went into the next room […] and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
  2. Saline.
    a salt marsh;  salt grass
  3. Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
    a salt mine
    The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure.
  4. (figuratively, obsolete) Bitter; sharp; pungent.
  5. (figuratively, obsolete) Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
    • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello Act III, Scene 3:
      It is impossible you should see this, / Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys, / As salt as wolves in pride, and fools as gross / As ignorance made drunk.
    • 1653, Thomas Urquhart (translator), The First Book of the works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Book 2, Chapter 22, p. 153,[2]
      And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their accesse to her, and every way keeping such a coyle with her, as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
  6. (colloquial, archaic) Costly; expensive.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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VerbEdit

salt (third-person singular simple present salts, present participle salting, simple past and past participle salted)

  1. (transitive) To add salt to.
    to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter
  2. (intransitive) To deposit salt as a saline solution.
    The brine begins to salt.
  3. To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
  4. To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
    1. (mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
    2. (archaeology) To add bogus evidence to an archeological site.
  5. To include colorful language in.
  6. (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan sal, from Latin saltus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

salt m (plural salts)

  1. jump

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Crimean GothicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

NounEdit

salt

  1. salt
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Salt. Sal.

CzechEdit

NounEdit

salt

  1. genitive plural of salto

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse saltr (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls, *sáls.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

salt

  1. salty, salt
InflectionEdit
Inflection of salt
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular salt saltere saltest2
Neuter singular salt saltere saltest2
Plural salte saltere saltest2
Definite attributive1 salte saltere salteste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse salt (akin to Old Saxon salt, Old High German salz, Old Dutch salt, Old English sealt), from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish salt.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

salt n (singular definite saltet, plural indefinite salte)

  1. salt
InflectionEdit
Declension of salt
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative salt saltet salte saltene
genitive salts saltets saltes saltenes

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

salt

  1. imperative of salte
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FaroeseEdit

 
salt

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls, *sáls.

NounEdit

salt n (genitive singular salts, plural sølt)

  1. salt
DeclensionEdit
Declension of salt
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative salt saltið sølt søltini
accusative salt saltið sølt søltini
dative salti saltinum søltum søltunum
genitive salts saltsins salta saltanna
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Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse saltr (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls, *sáls.

AdjectiveEdit

salt

  1. salty
DeclensionEdit
saltur a21
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) saltur sølt salt
Accusative (hvønnfall) saltan salta
Dative (hvørjumfall) søltum saltari søltum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (salts) (saltar/
saltrar) 		(salts)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) saltir saltar sølt
Accusative (hvønnfall) saltar
Dative (hvørjumfall) søltum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (salta
saltra)

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin saltus.

NounEdit

salt m (plural salts)

  1. jump, leap, spring

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

salt

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls, *sáls.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

salt n (genitive singular salts, nominative plural sölt)

  1. salt
    Geturðu rétt mér saltið?
    Can you pass me the salt?

DeclensionEdit

declension of salt
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative salt saltið sölt söltin
accusative salt saltið sölt söltin
dative salti saltinu söltum söltunum
genitive salts saltsins salta saltanna

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

salt

  1. positive degree neuter singular nominative/accusative of saltur

LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“cold; hot”). Cognates include Lithuanian šálti.

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

salt intr., 1st conj., pres. salstu, salsti, salst, past salu

  1. to freeze

DeclensionEdit

conjugation of salt
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es salstu salu salšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu salsti sali salsi salsti
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa salst sala sals lai salst
1st pers. pl. mēs salstam salām salsim salsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs salstat salāt salsiet,
salsit 		salstiet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas salst sala sals lai salst
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present salstot Present Active 1 (Adj.) salstošs
Past esot salis Present Active 2 (Adv.) saldams
Future salšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) salstot
Imperative lai salstot Present Active 4 (Obj.) salstam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active salis
Present saltu Present Passive salstams
Past būtu salis Past Passive salts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jāsalst Infinitive (nenoteiksme) salt
Conjunctive 1 esot jāsalst Negative Infinitive nesalt
Conjunctive 2 jāsalstot Verbal noun salšana

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English sealt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą (noun) and Proto-Germanic *saltaz (adjective).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

salt (uncountable)

  1. salt (sodium chloride)
  2. Something containing or for storing salt
  3. Any of a group of crystalline compounds that resemble salt

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DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AdjectiveEdit

salt (plural and weak singular salte, comparative salter, superlative saltest)

  1. salty, tasting of salt
  2. salted, coated in salt

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse saltr.

AdjectiveEdit

salt (neuter singular salt, definite singular and plural salte, comparative saltere, indefinite superlative saltest, definite superlative salteste)

  1. salty, salt, salted
    salte peanøtter - salted peanuts

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse salt (akin to Old Saxon salt, Old High German salz, Old Dutch salt, Old English sealt), from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare Danish, Swedish and Icelandic salt.

NounEdit

salt n (definite singular saltet, indefinite plural salter, definite plural salta or saltene)

  1. salt

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

salt

  1. imperative of salte

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from salt (adjective and noun)

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse saltr.

AdjectiveEdit

salt (neuter singular salt, definite singular and plural salte, comparative saltare, indefinite superlative saltast, definite superlative saltaste)

  1. salty, salt, salted

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse salt (akin to Old Saxon salt, Old High German salz, Old Dutch salt, Old English sealt), from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.

NounEdit

salt n (definite singular saltet, indefinite plural salt, definite plural salta)

  1. salt

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse salt.

NounEdit

salt n

  1. salt
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse saltr.

AdjectiveEdit

salt

  1. salty, salt
DescendantsEdit

Old FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *saltą (“salt”), *saltaz (“salty, salted”).

NounEdit

salt n

  1. salt

InflectionEdit

Declension of salt (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative salt salt
accusative salt salt
genitive saltes salta
dative salte saltum, saltem

DescendantsEdit

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: saalt
  • West Frisian: sâlt

AdjectiveEdit

salt

  1. salty, salted

DescendantsEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin saltus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

salt n (plural salturi)

  1. leap
  2. saltation

DeclensionEdit

declension of salt
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) salt saltul (niște) salturi salturile
genitive/dative (unui) salt saltului (unor) salturi salturilor
vocative saltule salturilor

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SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish salter, from Old Norse saltr, from Proto-Germanic *saltaz, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls, *sáls.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

salt (comparative saltare, superlative saltast)

  1. salty
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of salt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular salt saltare saltast
Neuter singular salt saltare saltast
Plural salta saltare saltast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 salte saltare saltaste
All salta saltare saltaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Swedish salt, from Old Norse salt (akin to Old Saxon salt, Old High German salz, Old Dutch salt, Old English sealt), from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian salt.

NounEdit

salt n

  1. salt
    1. (uncountable) sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
    2. (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of salt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative salt saltet salter salterna
Genitive salts saltets salters salternas
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

salt

  1. (obsolete) exclusively
    Synonyms: bir, münhasıran, sade, sadece, sırf, tek, yalnız, yalnızca
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