saumastre

Old French

Alternative forms

salemastre

Etymology

Latin sale (“salt”) + ?. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. what does the mastre refer to?

Adjective

saumastre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular saumastre)

salty; brackish

Declension

Declension of saumastre

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	saumastres	saumastre	saumastre
Singular	Oblique	saumastre	saumastre	saumastre
Plural	Subject	saumastre	saumastres	saumastre
Plural	Oblique	saumastres	saumastres	saumastre

Descendants

French: saumâtre
→ Italian: salmastro