salamander
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Middle English salamandre, from Anglo-Norman salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra), of uncertain origin (per Beekes, likely Pre-Greek); possibly of Iranian origin, see Persian سمندر (samandar) for more information.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsæləˌmændə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈsæləˌmɑːndə/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsæləˌmændɚ/
- Hyphenation: sal‧a‧man‧der
Noun[edit]
salamander (plural salamanders)
- A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.
- 1672, Thomas Browne, “Pseudodoxia Epidemica”, in Simon Wilkin, editor, The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, volume 1, published 1852, page 292:
- […] and most plainly Pierius, whose words in his hieroglyphicks are these: "Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that it is so far from quenching hot coals, that it dyeth immediately therein."
- 2012 January, Douglas Larson, “Runaway Devils Lake”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 23 May 2012, page 46:
- Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
- (mythology) A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire (in which it is often depicted in heraldry), hence the elemental being of fire.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XI, in The Understanding Heart:
- “Not a chance, Ranger,” Bob Mason was speaking. “This little cuss is a salamander. He's been travelling through fire all day and there isn't a blister on him. …”
- 1849, John Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, volume 3, page 372:
- "There is a vulgar error," says the author of the Brief Natural History, p. 91, "that a salamander lives in the fire. Yet both Galen and Dioscorides refute this opinion; and Mathiolus, in his Commentaries upon Dioscorides, a very famous physician, affirms of them, that by casting of many a salamander into the fire for tryal he found it false. The same experiment is likewise avouched by Joubertus."
- (cooking) A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.
- 1977, Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery (discussing 19th century cookery), Rigby, 1977, →ISBN, page 41
- The salamander, a fairly long metal utensil with a flat rounded head, was left in the fire until red hot and then used to brown the top of a dish without further cooking.
- 1977, Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery (discussing 19th century cookery), Rigby, 1977, →ISBN, page 41
- (cooking) A small broiler (North America) or grill (Britain) that heats the food from above, used in professional cookery primarily for browning.
- The chef first put the steak under the salamander to sear the outside.
- 2006, Frank Saxon, editor, Tolley's Industrial and Commercial Gas Installation Practice [Gas Service Technology; 3], 4th edition, Oxford, Burlington, Mass.: Elsevier Newnes, →ISBN, page 35:
- Overfired grills, or salamanders, can, in addition, be used for making toast and salamandering. They have the heat source above the food […] . This may comprise sets of burners firing below refractory or metal frets, or surface combustion plaques.
- (archaic) A pouched gopher (Geomys pinetis etc.)[2]
- (UK, obsolete) A large poker[3].
- 1698, William King, A journey to London […] , translation of original by Samuel Sorbière:
- Multitudes had little Tin Kettles in their Houses, with Small-coal kindled, to light their Pipes withal; though in some places they use Candles, in others Salamanders
- (metallurgy) Solidified material in a furnace hearth[4].
- 2019, Ian Cameron, Mitren Sukhram, Kyle Lefebvre, Blast Furnace Ironmaking:
- Salamander tapping is done at the salamander base, which is the bottom-most level of the liquid pool in a blast furnace hearth. A high degree of precision is required to tap the salamander base effectively
- (construction) A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.
- 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 192:
- The necessary fires alone -- the salamanders and tinner's pots -- had caused dozens of small blazes.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A fire-eater (performer who pretends to swallow fire)[5].
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Verb[edit]
salamander (third-person singular simple present salamanders, present participle salamandering, simple past and past participle salamandered)
- To use a salamander (cooking utensil) in a cooking process.
- 19th century (quoted 1977), recipe in Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, →ISBN, page 41:
- When cold, sprinkle the custard thickly with sugar and salamander it.
- 2006, Frank Saxon, editor, Tolley's Industrial and Commercial Gas Installation Practice [Gas Service Technology; 3], 4th edition, Oxford, Burlington, Mass.: Elsevier Newnes, →ISBN, page 35:
- Overfired grills, or salamanders, can, in addition, be used for making toast and salamandering. They have the heat source above the food […] . This may comprise sets of burners firing below refractory or metal frets, or surface combustion plaques.
- 19th century (quoted 1977), recipe in Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, →ISBN, page 41:
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Beal (2002) English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 27 April 2018, page 110
- ^ “salamander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “salamander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “salamander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Further reading[edit]
- “salamander”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Etymology[edit]
From Dutch salamander, from Middle Dutch salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
salamander (plural salamanders)
- salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).
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Noun[edit]
salamander m (plural salamanders, diminutive salamandertje n)
- salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata
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- Afrikaans: salamander
- → Malay: salamander
- Indonesian: salamander
- → West Frisian: salamander
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English salamander, From Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra), of uncertain origin.
Noun[edit]
salamander m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
salamander | halamander after "yn", talamander |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Noun[edit]
salamander c
- a salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
- (mythology) a salamander
- (cooking) a salamander
Declension[edit]
Declension of salamander | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | salamander | salamandern | salamandrar | salamandrarna |
Genitive | salamanders | salamanderns | salamandrars | salamandrarnas |
References[edit]
- salamander in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- salamander in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- salamander in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch salamander, from Middle Dutch salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).
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salamander c (plural salamanders)
- salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata
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