salutation

English

Etymology

From Middle English salutacioun, from Old French salutacion, from Latin salutatio (“a greeting, a wishing health to”), from saluto (“wish one’s health, greet”), from salus (“well-being”). Compare the Latin greeting salve (literally “be well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæljuˈteɪʃən/, /ˌsæljəˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: sal‧u‧ta‧tion

Noun

salutation (countable and uncountable, plural salutations)

1. A greeting, salute, or address; a hello.
2. The act of greeting.
   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎^[1], London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 550:

     Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a.
     Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful […]
     Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj.
     A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.

3. (obsolete) Quickening; excitement.

Derived terms

• angelic salutation

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *solh₂-‎ (0 c, 25 e)

Translations

greeting — see greeting

act of greeting

• Armenian: բարև (hy) (barew)
• Bulgarian: поздрав (bg) m (pozdrav)
• Finnish: tervehdys (fi), tervehtiminen (fi)
• German: Begrüßung (de) f
• Hungarian: köszöntés (hu)
• Italian: saluto (it)
• Latin: salūtātiō (la) f
• Plautdietsch: Gruss m
• Romanian: salut (ro) n, salutare (ro) f
• Russian: приве́тствие (ru) n (privétstvije), обраще́ние (ru) n (obraščénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fàilte f
• Tagalog: pagbati, pagsaludo, pagpugay

title

• Finnish: titteli (fi)
• French: titre (fr) m
• German: Titel (de) m
• Hungarian: cím (hu)
• Russian: ти́тул (ru) m (títul), зва́ние (ru) n (zvánije)
• Tagalog: titulo, pamagat

See also

• valediction

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salutātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ly.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

salutation f (plural salutations)

1. greeting
2. (letter-writing) valediction, complimentary close

Related terms

• salutaire
• saluer

Further reading

• “salutation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.