salvable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin salvare (“to save”), from salvus (“safe”). Compare savable.
Adjective[edit]
salvable (comparative more salvable, superlative most salvable)
- (now chiefly forestry) Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
- (obsolete) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
- salvable souls
- 1681, Henry More, A Brief Discourse of the Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist:
- salvable Condition
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “salvable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
salvable
- Alternative form of savable
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
salvable m or f (masculine and feminine plural salvables)
Further reading[edit]
- “salvable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014