salvage
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.
Noun[edit]
salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)
- The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- The money from the sale of rescued goods.
- The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- 1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80:
- [...] the debris was hurled down the hillside on to the line and swept the engine off the track and into the sea; the engine in question, ex-Cambrian 0-6-0 No. 874, was not considered to be worth salvage, and was abandoned.
- (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
- salvage cars auction
Translations[edit]
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
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the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
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the compensation paid to the rescuers
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the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
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anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
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Verb[edit]
salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)
- (transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
- 2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC[2]:
- Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.
- (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
- (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
Translations[edit]
to rescue
to put to use
to make new or restore for the use of being saved
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Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
salvage (plural salvages)
- Obsolete spelling of savage. [16th-19th c.]
- 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432, lines 855–856, page 292:
- Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food.
Etymology 3[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
salvage (plural salvages) (Philippine English)
Verb[edit]
salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged) (Philippine English)
References[edit]
- ^ Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2011 April 06), “History in words”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ^ Lacaba (1995 August 3), “Salvage”, in Manila Times
- ^ “salvage, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- “salvage” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “salvage” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- salvage at OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English salvage.
Noun[edit]
salvage
Verb[edit]
salvage
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
salvage
- Alternative form of savage
Old French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)
- Alternative form of sauvage
Declension[edit]
Declension of salvage
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English salvage.
Noun[edit]
salvage
Verb[edit]
salvage
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