salt

See also sålt

English

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Etymology

From Old English sealt, from Proto-Germanic *saltan (cf. Dutch zout, German Salz, Swedish salt), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- (cf. Welsh halen, Latin sal, Russian соль (sol'), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɒlt/, SAMPA: /sQlt/
• (US) IPA: /sɔlt/, /sɑlt/, SAMPA: /sOlt/, /sAlt

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• Rhymes: -ɒlt

salt crystals

Noun

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. A kind of marsh at the shore of a sea (short for salt marsh, apparently not in a wide-spread use).
4. (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

     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) Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute-force decryption more difficult.
6. A person that engages in the political act of seeking employment at a company in order to help unionize it.

Derived terms

terms derived from salt

chicken salt desalt Epsom salt persalt pinch of salt protosalt

rock salt rub salt in the wound / rub salt in a wound salt and pepper saltcellar salt lake

Salt Lake City salt marsh salt of the earth salt sea saltwater

salty sea salt table salt take with a pinch of salt worth one’s salt

Related terms

• salary

Translations

sodium chloride

Abkhaz: аџьыка (ab) (aǰ'yka) Afrikaans: sout (af) Ainu: ルル (ruru), シッポ (sippo) Amharic: ጨው (am) (CH'äw) m. Arabic: ملح (ar) (milH) m. Egyptian Arabic: ملح (malħ) m. Aramaic: Syriac: ܡܠܚܐ (milħā’) f. Armenian: աղ (hy) (aġ) Aromanian: sare Azeri: duz (az) Bashkir: тоҙ (toð) Belarusian: соль (be) (sol′) f. Bengali: নুন (bn) (nun) Bulgarian: сол (bg) (sol) f. Burmese: ဆား (my) Catalan: sal (ca) f. Central Atlas Tamazight: tisent f. Chamicuro: mamola Cherokee: ᎠᎹ (chr) (ama), ᎹᎹ (chr) (mama) Chinese: Mandarin: 鹽 (zh), 盐 (zh) (yán) Cantonese: 鹽, 盐 (jim4) Min Nan: 鹽 (iâm) Chuvash: тӑвар (tăvar) Coptic: Bohairic: ⲙⲉⲗϩ (melh) m., ϩⲙⲟⲩ (hmu) m. Sahidic: ⲙⲗϩ (mlh) m., ϩⲙⲟⲩ (hmu) m. Crimean Tatar: tuz Croatian: sol (hr) f. Czech: sůl (cs) f. Danish: salt (da) n. Dolgan: туус (tuus) Dutch: zout (nl) n., keukenzout (nl) n. Egyptian: 𓎛𓅁𓏏𓍖𓈒𓏦 (ḥmꜣt) f. Esperanto: salo (eo) Estonian: sool (et) Evenki: турукэ (turuke) Ewe: dze n. Faroese: salt (fo) n. Finnish: suola (fi) Franco-Provençal: sal f. French: sel (fr) m. Friulian: sâl Gagauz: tuz Georgian: მარილი (ka) (marili) German: Salz (de) n., Kochsalz (de) n. Greek: αλάτι (el) (aláti) n. Ancient: ἅλας (alas) n. Hawaiian: paʻakai Hebrew: מלחא (milħā’) f. Hebrew: מלח (he) (mélakh) m. Hindi: नमक (hi) (namak) m. Hungarian: só (hu) Icelandic: salt (is) n. Ido: salo (io) Indonesian: garam (id) Irish: salann (ga) m. Italian: sale (it) m. Japanese: 塩 (ja) (しお, shio) Kalmyk: давсн (davsn) Karachay-Balkar: туз (tuz) Karakalpak: duz Kazakh: тұз (kk) (tuz) Khakas: тус (tus) Khmer: អំបិល (km) (ɑmbəl) Korean: 소금 (ko) (sogeum)

Kumyk: туз (tuz) Kurdish: Kurmanji: xwê (ku) f. Sorani: خوێ (ku) (xwé) Kyrgyz: туз (ky) (tuz) Lao: ເກືອ (lo) (kya) Latin: sāl (la) m. Latvian: sāls (lv) f. Lithuanian: druska (lt) f. Macedonian: сол (mk) (sol) f., кујнска сол (mk) (kújnska sol) f. Malay: garam (ms) Maltese: melħ (mt) m. Manx: sollan (gv) Mongolian: давс (mn) (davs) Nahuatl: iztatl (nah) Navajo: áshįįh Nobiin: Fadicca: امييد (imeed) Kenzi: اوميد (oumboud) Nogai: туз (tuz) Northern Sami: sálti Norwegian: salt (no) n., bordsalt (no) n. Old Frisian: salt Ottoman Turkish: نمک (nemek) Pali: loṇa n. Pashto: مالګه (ps) (mālga) f. Persian: نمک (fa) (namak) Polish: sól (pl) f., sól kuchenna (pl) f. Portuguese: sal (pt) m. Romanian: sare (ro) f. Romansch: sal (rm) m., sel (rm) m. Russia Buryat: дабһан (dabhan) Russian: соль (ru) (sol’) f. Sanskrit: लवण (sa) (lavaṇa) n. Scottish Gaelic: salann (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) со (sh) f., (Croatian) сол (sh) f. Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) so (sh) f., (Croatian) sol (sh) Shor: тус (tus) Sicilian: sali (scn) m. Sinhalese: ලුණු (si) (lūṇū) Slovak: soľ (sk) f. Slovene: sol (sl) f. Sotho: letswai (st) Southern Altai: тус (tus) Spanish: sal (es) f. Swedish: salt (sv) n., koksalt (sv) n., bordssalt (sv) n. Tagalog: asin (tl) Tajik: намак (tg) (namak) Tamil: உப்பு (ta) (uppu) Tatar: тоз (tt) (toz) Telugu: ఉప్పు (uppu) Thai: เกลือ (th) (gleua) Turkish: tuz (tr) Turkmen: duz (tk) Tuvan: дус (dus) Ukrainian: сіль (uk) (sil′) f. Urdu: نمک (ur) (namak) m. Uyghur: تۇز (ug) (tuz) Uzbek: tuz (uz) Vietnamese: muối (vi) Walloon: sé (wa) m. West Frisian: sâlt Yakut: туус (tuus) Yiddish: זאַלץ (yi) (zaltz) f. Zazaki: sol m

compound of an acid and a base

Armenian: աղ (aġ) Croatian: sol (hr) f. Czech: sůl (cs) f. Danish: salt (da) n. Dutch: zout (nl) n. Estonian: sool (et) Faroese: salt (fo) n. Finnish: suola (fi) French: sel (fr) m. German: Salz (de) n. Greek: άλας (el) (álas) n. Hungarian: só (hu) Japanese: 塩 (えん, en) Latvian: sāls (lv) m. Macedonian: сол (mk) (sol) f.

Navajo: áshįįh Norwegian: salt (no) n. Pashto: مالګه (ps) (mālga) f. Polish: sól (pl) f. Romanian: sare (ro) f. Russian: соль (ru) (sol’) f. Slovak: soľ (sk) f. Slovene: sol (sl) f. Spanish: sal (es) f. Swahili: chumvi (sw) Swedish: salt (sv) n. Telugu: లవణం (lavanam) Turkish: tuz (tr) West Frisian: sâlt

salt marsh — see salt marsh

sailor

Danish: søulk (da) c. Dutch: zeerot (nl) m., rot (nl) m. Finnish: merikarhu (fi) French: loup de mer (fr) m.

Greek: θαλασσόλυκος (el) (thalasólikos) m. Icelandic: sjóari (is) m. Polish: wilk morski (pl) m. Russian: морской волк (ru) (morskój volk) m.

additional bytes inserted into an encryption

Czech: sůl (cs) f. Dutch: salt (nl) Icelandic: salt (is) n.

Japanese: ソルト (ja) (soruto) Polish: sól (pl) f. Swahili: chumvi (sw)

person engaged in unionizing

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Albanian: kripë Afrikaans: sout Arabic: مِلْح (milh) m. and f. Azeri: duz Basque: gatz Serbo-Croatian: sol f., so f. Breton: holen m., holenoù pl. Bulgarian: сол (bg) (sol) Cherokee: ᎠᎹ (āma) Mandarin: 盐 (yán) Esperanto: salo Galician: sal Guaraní: juky Gujarati: નમક (namak), લૂણો (lu.no) Ilocano: asin Indonesian: garam Interlingua: sal Italian: sale m. (1,2)

Latin: sal m. Malayalam: ഉപ്പ് (uppu) (1,2), ലവണം (lavaNam) (1) Maltese: melħ Marathi: लवण (lava.n) Mongolian: давс Old English: sealt n. Portuguese: sal m. Rohingya: nun Romani: lon Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: со (sr) f. Roman: so f. Tagalog: asin Tetum: masin Thai: เกลือ (gleua), เค็ม (kem) Tupinambá: îukyra Volapük: sal

Adjective

salt (comparative more salt, superlative most salt)

1. Salty.
2. Saline.

Translations

salty

Czech: slaný (cs) Danish: salt (da) Dutch: zout (nl) n., zoutig (nl), gezouten (nl) Estonian: soolane (et) Faroese: saltur (fo) Finnish: suolainen (fi) French: salé (fr) m., salée (fr) f. Greek: αλατισμένος (el) (alatisménos), αλμυρός (el) (almirós ) Icelandic: saltur (is) m., sölt (is) f., salt (is) n., saltaður (is) m., söltuð (is) f., saltað (is) n. Italian: salato (it)

Kurdish: سوێر, خوێواو Latvian: sāļš m., sāļa f. Macedonian: солен (mk) (sólen) m., солена (mk) (sólena) f., солено (mk) (sóleno) n. Norwegian: salt (no) Polish: słony (pl) m. Russian: солёный (ru) (sol'ónyj) Slovene: slan m., slana f., slano n. Spanish: salado (es) Swahili: chumvi (sw) Swedish: salt (sv)

saline

Czech: solný (cs) m. Danish: saltholdig (da) Dutch: zout (nl) n., zout- (nl) n. Estonian: soolane (et), soola- (et) Faroese: saltkendur (fo) Finnish: suolainen, suola- French: salin (fr) m., saline (fr) f. Greek: αλατούχος (el) (alatoúkhos)

Italian: salino (it) Macedonian: солен (mk) (sólen) m., солена (mk) (sólena) f., солено (mk) (sóleno) n. Norwegian: saltholdig (no) Polish: słony (pl) m. Russian: солевой (ru) (sol'evój), соляной (ru) (sol'anój) Spanish: salino (es) Swahili: chumvi (sw) Swedish: salthaltig (sv)

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Catalan: salat m. salada f. German: salzig Indonesian: asin Interlingua: salate

Old English: sealt Portuguese: salgado m., salgada f. Romanian: sărat m., sărată f. Slovak: slaný m., slaná f., slané n. Telugu: ఉప్పగా (uppagaa), ఉప్పటి (uppaTi)

Verb

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

• (add salt): desalt

Derived terms

• desalt

Translations

add salt to

Catalan: salar (ca) Czech: solit, osolit Danish: salte (da) Dutch: zouten (nl) Esperanto: sali (eo) Estonian: soolata (et) Faroese: salta (fo) Finnish: suolata, lisätä suolaa French: saler (fr) German: salzen (de) Hebrew: המליח (he) (himlíakh) Hungarian: sóz (hu) Icelandic: salta (is) Italian: salare (it) Japanese: 塩漬けにする (ja) (shio-zuke ni suru)

Latvian: sālīt Macedonian: соли (mk) (sóli), посоли (mk) (pósoli), засоли (mk) (zásoli) Norwegian: salte (no) Polish: solić (pl), posolić (pl) Portuguese: salgar (pt) Romanian: săra (ro) Russian: солить (solít') impf., посолить (posolít') pf. Scottish Gaelic: (for preservation) saill (gd) Slovene: soliti (sl) Spanish: salar (es) Swahili: chumvi (sw) Swedish: salta (sv) Turkish: tuzlamak (tr) Zazaki: solnaene

blast gold into

add filler bytes before encryption

Swahili: chumvi (sw)

include colorful language

Danish: krydre (da) Dutch: kleuren (nl)

Finnish: maustaa (fi), höystää (fi) Swedish: krydda (sv)

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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Serbo-Croatian: soliti, posoliti Serbo-Croatian: soliti, posoliti Old English: sealtan, sieltan

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: солити, посолити Roman: soliti, posoliti

Anagrams

• last
• lats
• slat

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsaɫ/

Etymology

From Latin saltus.

Noun

salt m. (plural salts)

1. jump

Related terms

• saltar

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /salt/, [salˀd̥]

Adjective

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

1. salty, salt

Noun

salt n. (singular definite saltet, plural indefinite salte)

1. salt

Inflection

    Inflection of salt

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	salt	saltet	salte	saltene
genitive	salts	saltets	saltes	saltenes

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sal̬t]

Noun

salt n.

1. salt

Declension

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

Adjective

salt

1. salty

Declension

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)

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Gothic

Romanization

salt

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sal̥t/

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Etymology

From Old Norse salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltan.

Noun

salt n. (genitive singular salts, plural sölt)

1. salt

   Geturðu rétt mér saltið?

   Can you pass me the salt?

Declension

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

• salta
• saltstaukur
• saltsýra
• vega salt

Adjective

salt

1. positive neuter singular nominative or accusative of saltur

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Latvian

Verb

salt

1. freeze

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse saltr.

Adjective

salt

1. salty, salt

Inflection

    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

• “salt” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse salt.

Noun

salt

1. salt

Inflection

    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

• bordsalt
• havsalt
• saltlake
• saltkrystall
• saltsyre
• salte

References

• “salt” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old Frisian

Noun

salt

1. salt

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin saltus.

Noun

salt n. (plural salturi)

1. leap
2. saltation

Declension

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

Related terms

• sălta
• săltare
• săltat
• săltăreț
• săltător
• săltătură

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /salt/

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Adjective

salt

1. salty

Declension

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

Noun

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

Declension of salt

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	salt	saltet	salter	salterna
genitive	salts	saltets	salters	salternas

Synonyms

• bordssalt

Derived terms

• bergsalt
• havssalt
• medelhavssalt
• saltlake
• saltkristall
• saltstänkt
• saltsyra

Related terms

• salta
• sälta

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Turkish

Adverb

salt

1. (obsolete) exclusively

Synonyms

• sadece
• yalnız
• yalnızca
• sade
• tek
• bir
• münhasıran