salivate

English

WOTD – 28 August 2006

Etymology

From Latin salivatus, past participle of salivare (“to spit out, also salivate”), from saliva (“spittle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsælɪveɪt/

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Verb

salivate (third-person singular simple present salivates, present participle salivating, simple past and past participle salivated)

1. (intransitive) To produce saliva.
2. (intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.

   He's been salivating over the latest model sports car for a while now.

Related terms

• saliva
• salivary
• salivation

Translations

to produce saliva

• Armenian: թքարտադրել (tʻkʻartadrel)
• Bulgarian: отделям слюнка (otdeljam sljunka)
• Catalan: salivar (ca)
• Czech: slinit
• Dutch: kwijlen (nl)
• Esperanto: salivi
• French: saliver (fr)
• German: speicheln (de), geifern (de), sabbern (de)
• Hungarian: nyáladzik (hu)
• Icelandic: slefa (is)
• Italian: salivare (it), sbavare (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tif kirin (ku)

• Maori: koe (mi), mōwaiwai
• Polish: wydzielać ślinę, ślinić się (pl)
• Portuguese: salivar (pt)
• Romanian: saliva (ro)
• Russian: вызыва́ть слюнотечение (vyzyvátʹ sljunotečenije), выделя́ть слюну (vydeljátʹ sljunu), слюня́вить (ru) impf (sljunjávitʹ), наслюня́вить (ru) pf (nasljunjávitʹ), заслюня́вить (ru) pf (zasljunjávitʹ)
• Spanish: salivar (es)
• Swedish: salivera, dregla (sv)
• Walloon: gleter (wa), blefer (wa)

to show eager anticipation

• Bulgarian: точа се (toča se), чакам с нетърпение (čakam s netǎrpenie)
• Dutch: watertanden (nl)
• French: saliver (fr), baver (fr)
• German: geifern (de), keifen (de)
• Italian: sbavare (it)
• Polish: ślinić się (pl)
• Romanian: saliva (ro)
• Russian: истекать слюной (istekatʹ sljunoj) (в предвкушении)
• Swedish: dregla (sv)

See also

• drool

Further reading

• “salivate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “salivate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “salivate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• aestival, availest, æstival

Italian

Verb

salivate

1. second-person plural imperfect indicative of salire
2. inflection of salivare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• esaltavi, lisavate, salviate

Latin

Verb

salīvāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of salīvō

Spanish

Verb

salivate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of salivar combined with te