saliva

See also salivă

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin salīva (“spittle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sə-līʹ-və IPA: /səˈlaɪvə/, SAMPA: /s@"laIv@/
• Rhymes: -aɪvə

Noun

saliva (plural salivae or salivas)

1. (physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes, It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

Synonyms

• spit
• spittle

Derived terms

• salivary
• salivate

Related terms

• salivation

Translations

liquid secreted into the mouth

Albanian: pështymë (sq) f. Arabic: لعاب (luʕāb) m., ريق (rīq) m. Armenian: թուք (hy) (t’uk’) Azeri: tüpürcək (az) Basque: listu (eu), listu (eu) Belarusian: сліна (be) f. Bengali: লালা (bn) (lala) Breton: halo m. Bulgarian: слюнка (bg) f. Cantonese: 口水 Catalan: saliva f. Chamicuro: sakola Chinese: 唾液 (tuòyè), 唾沫 (tuòmo) Min Nan: 瀾 (nuā) Crimean Tatar: silekiy, salya, tükürşük Croatian: slȉna (hr) f. Czech: slina (cs) f. Danish: spyt (da) n. Dhivehi: ކުޅު (dv) Dutch: speeksel (nl) n. Estonian: sülg (et) Filipino: laway Finnish: sylki (fi) French: salive (fr) Georgian: ნერწყვი (nerts‘q‘vi) German: Speichel (de) m. Greek: σίελος (el) (síelos) m., σάλιο (el) (sálio) n. Hebrew: רוק (he) Hindi: लार (hi) (lār) f., राल (hi) (rāl) f.

Hungarian: nyál (hu) Icelandic: slef (is) n., munnvatn (is) m. Italian: saliva (it) f. Japanese: 唾 (つばき, tsubakí), 唾液 (だえき, daeki) Korean: 침 (chim) Kurdish: لیک Latin: salīva (la) f. Latvian: siekalas (lv) Lithuanian: seilės (lt) f. pl. Norwegian: spytt (no) n. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: بزاق Polish: ślina (pl) f. Portuguese: saliva (pt) f. Romanian: salivă (ro) f. Russian: слюна (ru) (sljuná) f. Slovene: slina (sl) f. Spanish: saliva (es) f. Swahili: mate (sw) Swedish: spott (sv) c. Tamil: உமிழ்நீர் (ta) Telugu: లాలాజలం (te) Thai: น้ำลาย (th) Turkish: salya (tr), tükürük (tr) Ukrainian: слина (uk) (slyna) f. Vietnamese: nước bọt (vi) Volapük: salif (vo) Yiddish: שפייאכץ (yi)

See also

• drool
• sputum

Anagrams

• avails
• salvia
• Valais

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sa.li.va/, X-SAMPA: /sa.li.va/
• Homophones: salivas, salivât

Verb

saliva

1. third-person singular past historic of saliver

Anagrams

• lavais, valais, valsai

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [saˈliː.va], /saˈliva/, SAMPA: /sa"liva/
• Hyphenation: sa‧lì‧va

Noun

saliva f. (plural salive)

1. (physiology) saliva, spittle, spit

Related terms

• salivare
• salivatorio
• salivazione

Verb

saliva

1. third-person singular imperfect tense of salire
2. third-person singular present tense of salivare
3. second-person singular imperative of salivare

Anagrams

• lisava, salavi, salvai, salvia, vasali

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Latin

Noun

salīva (genitive salīvae); f, first declension

1. spittle, saliva

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	salīva	salīvae
genitive	salīvae	salīvārum
dative	salīvae	salīvīs
accusative	salīvam	salīvās
ablative	salīvā	salīvīs
vocative	salīva	salīvae

Derived terms

• salīvō

References

• saliva in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• saliva in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Romanian

Noun

saliva f. (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of salivă)

1. the saliva

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [saˈliβa]

Noun

saliva f. (plural salivas)

1. saliva, spittle

Verb

saliva (infinitive salivar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of salivar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salivar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of salivar.