salve

See also Salve, and salvé

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sælv/, SAMPA: /s{lv/
• (US) IPA: /sæ(l)v/, SAMPA: /s{(l)v/

Etymology 1

From Old English sealf, from Proto-Germanic *salbō. Akin to Middle Low German salve (Danish salve), Old High German salba (German Salbe) and to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 (salbons).

Noun

salve (plural salves)

1. An ointment, cream or balm with soothing, healing or calming effects.
2. Any thing or action that soothes or heals.

Translations

ointment, cream or balm

Dutch: zalf (nl) Finnish: voide (fi), salva (fi), balsami (fi)

Greek: αλοιφή (el) (aloifí) f.

something that soothes or heals

Finnish: balsami (fi)

Greek: βάλσαμο (el) (válsamo) n.

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French: onguent m., pommade f. Ido: unguento, pomado Spanish: ungüento m., pomada f.

Verb

salve (third-person singular simple present salves, present participle salving, simple past and past participle salved)

1. (transitive) To calm or assuage.
2. To salvage.

Translations

to calm or assuage

Finnish: rauhoittaa (fi)

Greek: ελαφρύνω (el) (elafrýno)

to salvage

Finnish: pelastaa (fi)

Etymology 2

From Latin salvare (“to save”)

Verb

salve (third-person singular simple present salves, present participle salving, simple past and past participle salved)

1. (obsolete) An astronomical term meaning to save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
2. (obsolete) to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
   • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems

     He which should hold it more rational to make the whole Universe move, and thereby to salve the Earths mobility, is more unreasonable....

3. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Anagrams

• avels, selva, Slavé, slave, vales

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /salvə/, [ˈsalvə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German salve, from Old Saxon salva, from Proto-Germanic *salbō (“salve, ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *selp- (“butter, grease”).

Noun

salve c. (singular definite salven, plural indefinite salver)

1. ointment (a thick viscous preparation for application to the skin, often containing medication)

Inflection

    Inflection of salve

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	salve	salven	salver	salverne
genitive	salves	salvens	salvers	salvernes

Etymology 2

From French salve, from Latin salvē (“hail!, welcome!, farewell!”).

Noun

salve c. (singular definite salven, plural indefinite salver)

1. salvo
2. volley
3. burst
4. tirade

Inflection

    Inflection of salve

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	salve	salven	salver	salverne
genitive	salves	salvens	salvers	salvernes

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German salven, from Old Saxon salbon, from Proto-Germanic *salbōnan (“to anoint”).

Verb

salve (imperative salv, infinitive at salve, present tense salver, past tense salvede, past participle er/har salvet)

1. anoint

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /salv/, SAMPA: /salv/

Noun

salve f. (plural salves)

1. salvo, volley of shots.
2. round

   une slave d'applaudissements

   A round of applause

See also

• salvage
• salvation

Anagrams

• laves, lavés, levas, Slave, slave, valse, valsé

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Italian

Adjective

salve pl.

1. feminine form of salvo

Interjection

salve!

1. hello!; hi!; hail!

Noun

salve f.

1. Plural form of salva.

Anagrams

• selva, slave, svela, valse

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Latin

Etymology

Presumably from the verb salveō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsal.weː/

• Audio (Classical)

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Interjection

salvē!

1. hail!, welcome!, farewell!

Usage notes

• This is the singular form. When greeting a group, salvēte is used.

Related terms

• salūtō
• salvēte (plural form)
• salvus

Descendants

• Italian: salve
• Portuguese: salve
• Romanian: salve
• Spanish: salve

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin salvē (“hail”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.ve/

Interjection

salve!

1. (poetic) hail! greetings.

Synonyms

• saudações

Verb

salve

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb salvar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb salvar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb salvar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb salvar.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin salve.

Interjection

salve

1. welcome!, greetings!, cheerio!
2. so long!, bye-bye!

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Spanish

Verb

salve (infinitive salvar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of salvar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of salvar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of salvar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of salvar.