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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

salt crystals

Noun [edit]

salt (plural salts)

  1. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of 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.
  3. (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
  4. (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
    • 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 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.

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from salt

Related terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

sodium chloride
compound of an acid and a base
salt marsh — see salt marsh
sailor
additional bytes inserted into an encryption
person engaged in unionizing
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Adjective [edit]

salt (comparative more salt, superlative most salt)

  1. Salty; salted.
  2. Saline.

Translations [edit]

salty
saline
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Verb [edit]

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

  1. (transitive) To add salt to.
  2. (mining) To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
  3. (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
  4. To include colorful language in.
  5. To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
  6. (archaeology) To add bogus evidence to an archeological site.

Antonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

add salt to
blast gold into
add filler bytes before encryption
include colorful language
insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have
add bogus evidence to an archeological site
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Anagrams [edit]

Catalan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈsaɫ/

Etymology [edit]

From Latin saltus.

Noun [edit]

salt m (plural salts)

  1. jump

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Crimean Gothic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *saltą.

Noun [edit]

salt

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

Danish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /salt/, [salˀd̥]

Adjective [edit]

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

  1. salty, salt

Etymology 2 [edit]

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.

Pronunciation [edit]

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Noun [edit]

salt n (singular definite saltet, plural indefinite salte)

  1. salt
Inflection [edit]
    Inflection of salt
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative salt saltet salte saltene
genitive salts saltets saltes saltenes

Verb [edit]

salt

  1. imperativ of salte

Verb [edit]

salt

  1. imperativ of salte
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Faroese [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [sal̥t]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

salt n (genitive singular salts, plural sølt)

  1. salt
Declension [edit]
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

Etymology 2 [edit]

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

Adjective [edit]

salt

  1. salty
Declension [edit]
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)

Gothic [edit]

Romanization [edit]

salt

  1. See 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄

Icelandic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

salt n (genitive singular salts, plural sölt)

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

Declension [edit]

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 terms [edit]

Adjective [edit]

salt

  1. positive neuter singular nominative or accusative of saltur

Latvian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

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Verb [edit]

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

  1. freeze

Declension [edit]

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
CONJUNCTIVE (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

Norwegian [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Norse saltr.

Adjective [edit]

salt

  1. salty, salt
Inflection [edit]
    Inflection of salt
Bokmål Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Masculine singular salt salte Comparative saltere Superlative saltest salteste
Feminine singular salt salte
Neuter singular salt salte
Plural salte salte
Nynorsk Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Masculine singular salt salte Comparative saltare Superlative saltast saltaste
Feminine singular salt salte
Neuter singular salt salte
Plural salte salte
References [edit]
  • “salt” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2 [edit]

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, Norwegian, and Swedish salt.

Noun [edit]

salt

  1. salt
Inflection [edit]
    Inflection of salt
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål n salt saltet salter salta/saltene
Nynorsk n salt saltet salt salta [salti]
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
  • “salt” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Old Frisian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

salt n

  1. salt

Declension [edit]

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

Descendants [edit]

Adjective [edit]

salt

  1. salty, salted

Descendants [edit]

Romanian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin saltus.

Noun [edit]

salt n (plural salturi)

  1. leap
  2. saltation

Declension [edit]

declension of salt
singular plural
gender n indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un salt saltul niște salturi salturile
genitive/dative unui salt saltului unor salturi salturilor

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Swedish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

salt

  1. salty
Declension [edit]
Declension of salt
Inflections of
salt		 Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular		 Common salt saltare saltast
Neuter salt
Definite
singular		 Masc. salte saltaste
All salta saltaste
Plural salta saltaste

Etymology 2 [edit]

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.

Pronunciation [edit]

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Noun [edit]

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.
Declension [edit]
Declension of salt
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative salt saltet salter salterna
genitive salts saltets salters salternas
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
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Turkish [edit]

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Adverb [edit]

salt

  1. (obsolete) exclusively

Synonyms [edit]

Synonyms
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