English

Etymology
Old English sealt, from Germanic, from Indo-European. Cognate with Dutch zout, German Salz, Swedish #Swedish|salt; and with Greek �λ�, Latin sal, Welsh halen, Russian �ол�.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A common substance recognised chemically as sodium chloride (NaCl?), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
2. chemistry One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
3. A kind of marsh at the shore of a sea (short for salt marsh, apparently not in a wide-spread use).
4. slang A sailor (also old salt).
5. cryptography Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute force|brute-force decryption more difficult.

Chinese: Mandarin: 鹽, � yan2 Cantonese: 鹽 jim4
Croatian: t-|hr|sol|f
Czech: t-|cs|sůl|f
Danish: t-|da|salt|n
Dutch: t+|nl|zout|n
Finnish: t+|fi|suola
French: t+|fr|sel|m
Frisian: sâlt
Old Frisian: salt
German: Salz n, Kochsalz n
Greek: t+|el|αλά�ι|n|sc=Grek (aláti)
Hebrew: he-translation|���|mélakh m
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Hindi: नम� (namak) m
Icelandic: t+|is|salt|n
Indonesian: t-|id|garam|xs=Indonesian
Japanese: 塩 (��, shio)
Korean: �� (sogeum)
Kurdish: t+|ku|خ��|sc=KUchar
Latvian: t-|lv|s�ls|f|xs=Latvian
Norwegian: t-|no|salt|n, t-|no|bordsalt|n
Russian: �ол� (sol´) f
Slovene: t+|sl|sol|f
Spanish: t+|es|sal|f
Swedish: #Swedish|salt n, koksalt n, bordssalt n
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trans-top|compound of an acid and a base
Croatian: t-|hr|sol|f
Czech: t-|cs|sůl|f
Danish: t-|da|salt|n
Finnish: t+|fi|suola
French: t+|fr|sel|m
Frisian: sâlt
German: t+|de|Salz|n
Latvian: t-|lv|s�ls|m|xs=Latvian
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Japanese: 塩 (��, en)
Norwegian: t-|no|salt|n
Russian: �ол� (sol´) f
Slovene: t+|sl|sol|f
Spanish: t+|es|sal|f
Swedish: t+|sv|salt|n
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trans-top|salt marsh
See: salt marsh
French: t-|fr|marais salants|m|p
German: Salzmarsch f
Spanish: t-|es|salina|f
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trans-top|sailor
Finnish: merikarhu
French: t-|fr|loup de mer|m
Icelandic: t-|is|sjóari|m
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Russian: мо��кой волк (morskój volk) m
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trans-top|additional bytes inserted into an encryption
Japanese: ��� (soruto)
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ttbc|Slovak: soľ f (1, 2)
ttbc|Tagalog: asin
ttbc|Telugu: లవణ� (lavaNaM) (1); �ప�ప� (uppu) (2)
ttbc|Tetum: masin
ttbc|Thai: THchar|��ลือ (gleua), THchar|���ม (kem)
ttbc|Tupinambá: îukyra
ttbc|Turkish: tuz
ttbc|Urdu: URchar|��ک m
ttbc|Volapük: sal
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Derived terms
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desalt
pinch of salt
rub salt in a wound
rock salt
rub salt in the wound
salt and pepper
saltcellar
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salt lake
salt marsh
salt of the earth
salt sea
mid4
saltwater
salty
sea salt
mid4
table salt
take with a pinch of salt
worth one's salt

Adjective
en-adj

1. salty|Salty.
2. saline|Saline.

Translations
trans-top|salty
Danish: t-|da|salt
Finnish: t+|fi|suolainen
French: t+|fr|salé|m, t-|fr|salée|f
Greek: t-|el|αλα�ι�μένο�|scGrek (alatisménos), t-|el|αλμ����|scGrek (almirós )
Icelandic: t-|is|saltur|m, t-|is|sölt|f, t+|is|salt|n, t-|is|saltaður|m, t-|is|söltuð|f, t-|is|saltað|n
Kurdish: KUchar|س��ر, KUchar|خ���ا�
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Latvian: s�ļš m, s�ļa f
Norwegian: t-|no|salt
Russian: �ол�н�й (sol'ónyj)
Slovene: slan m, slana f, slano n
Swedish: t+|sv|salt
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trans-top|saline
Danish: t-|da|saltholdig
Finnish: suolainen, suola-
French: t+|fr|salin|m, t+|fr|saline|f
Greek: t-|el|αλα�ο��ο�|sc=Grek (alatoúkhos)
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Norwegian: t-|no|saltholdig
Russian: �олевой (sol'evój), �ол�ной (sol'anój)
Swedish: salthaltig
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ttbc|Catalan: salat m salada f :ca:salat|(ca)
ttbc|Dutch: zout, zoute, gezouten
ttbc|German: salzig :de:salzig|(de)
ttbc|Indonesian: asin
ttbc|Interlingua: salate
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ttbc|Old English: sealt
ttbc|Polish: s�ony m, s�ona f, s�one n
ttbc|Portuguese: salgado m, salgada f
ttbc|Romanian: s�rat m, s�rat� f
ttbc|Slovak: slaný m, slaná f, slané n
ttbc|Spanish: salado m salada f :es:salado|(es)
ttbc|Telugu: �ప�ప�ా (uppagaa), �ప�ప�ి (uppaTi)
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To add salt to.
2. mining To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
3. cryptography To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
4. To include colorful language in.
5. To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.

Derived terms
desalt

Translations
trans-top|add salt to
Danish: t-|da|salte
Finnish: suolata, lisätä suola|suolaa
French: t+|fr|saler
German: t-|de|salzen
Hebrew: t-|he|�����|trhimlíakh|scHebr
Icelandic: t-|is|salta
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Latvian: s�līt
Norwegian: t-|no|salte
Russian: �оли�� (solít') impf, по�оли�� (posolít') pf
Slovene: t-|sl|soliti
Swedish: t+|sv|salta
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trans-top|blast gold into
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trans-top|add filler bytes before encryption
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trans-top|include colorful language
Danish: krydre
Finnish: maustaa, höystää
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Swedish: t+|sv|krydda
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Catalan

Etymology
Latin saltus

Noun
salt m

1. jump

Category:Catalan nouns

Danish

Adjective
salt

1. salty, #English|salt

Noun
salt n

1. #English|salt

Category:Danish adjectives
Category:Danish nouns

Faroese

Pronunciation
IPA|[salt]

Noun
salt n

1. #English|salt

Declension
fo-decl-noun-n5|s|a|lt|ø

Category:Faroese nouns
Category:fo:Chemistry
Category:fo:Spices and Herbs

Icelandic

Adjective
salt

1. salty, pos neuter singular nom of saltur

Fallbeyging hk sb 01 ö|s|lt

Noun
salt n

1. #English|salt

Derived terms
saltstaukur
saltsýra
-

Category:Icelandic adjective forms
Category:Icelandic nouns

Latvian

Verb
salt

1. freeze

Category:Latvian verbs

Norwegian

Adjective
salt, saltere, saltest

1. salty, #English|salt

Noun
salt no-noun-n3

1. #English|salt

Derived terms
bordsalt
havsalt
saltlake
saltkrystall
saltsyre
salte

Old Frisian

Noun
salt

1. #English|salt

Category:Old Frisian nouns

Romanian

Etymology
Latin saltus

Noun
salt n

1. leap

Category:Romanian nouns

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-salt.ogg|audio

Adjective
sv-adj|2=salt
infl|sv|adjective

1. salty

Noun
infl|sv|noun|g=n
sv-noun-reg-r-n|2=salte

1. #English|salt

## sodium chloride (NaCl?), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
## chemistry|lang=sv One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

Usage notes
When used for the salt NaCl? (common salt) specifically, the word is uncountable.

Synonyms
bordssalt

Derived terms
bergsalt
havssalt
medelhavssalt
saltlake
saltkristall
saltstänkt
saltsyra

Related terms
salta
sälta

Category:Swedish adjectives
Category:Swedish nouns

Turkish

Adverb
salt

1. exclusively

Category:Turkish adverbs

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