salvage

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsælvɪdʒ/

Etymology 1

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

salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)

1. The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. The money from the sale of rescued goods.
5. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
6. (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

   salvage cars auction

Translations

the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pelastaminen (fi)
• French: sauvetage (fr) m
• German: Bergung (de) f
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berging m or f

  Nynorsk: berging f

• Polish: ocalenie (pl) n
• Russian: спасе́ние (ru) n (spasénije), спаса́ние (ru) n (spasánije)
• Spanish: salvamento (es) m, rescate (es) m

the ship, crew or cargo so rescued

• French: rescapé (fr)

the compensation paid to the rescuers

• French: récompense (fr) f

the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued

anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted

• French: récupération (fr) f

• German: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: reaproveitamento (pt)

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• French: épave

• Norwegian: berging f (1, 2, 4, 5) bergingslønn f (3)

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

1. (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.

2. (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
3. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Translations

to rescue

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: redden (nl)
• Finnish: pelastaa (fi)
• French: sauver (fr), secourir (fr)

• German: bergen (de), retten (de)
• Polish: ocalić (pl)
• Russian: спаса́ть (ru) (spasátʹ)
• Spanish: rescatar (es)

to put to use

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• French: recycler (fr), récupérer (fr)
• German: retten (de)
• Portuguese: reaproveitar (pt), reutilizar (pt)

to make new or restore for the use of being saved

• French: réutiliser (fr)

• Portuguese: reaproveitar (pt), reutilizar (pt)

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• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} redde (no), ^{(please verify)} berge

Derived terms

• salvageability
• salvageable
• salvager

Related terms

• salvation

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]
   • 1697, “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

From Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (““wild"; literally, "of the woods"”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

1. (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
2. (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

Further reading

• salvage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• salvage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
• salvage at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• lavages

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English salvage.

Noun

salvage

1. summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage

1. To perform summary execution.

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Middle English

Noun

salvage

1. Alternative form of savage

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Old French

Adjective

salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)

1. Alternative form of sauvage

Declension

Declension of salvage

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	salvages	salvage	salvage
	Oblique	salvage	salvage	salvage
Plural	Subject	salvage	salvages	salvage
	Oblique	salvages	salvages	salvage

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English salvage.

Noun

salvage

1. summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage

1. To perform summary execution.