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A small amount of salt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Caution, doubt, consideration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Take anything he tells you with a pinch of salt: he's an inveterate liar and mixes truth with his fiction liberally.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
špetka soli
— small amount of salt
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Dutch:
snufje zout
— small amount of salt
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Finnish:
ripaus suolaa
— small amount of salt
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Finnish:
suolaripaus
— small amount of salt
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French:
pincée de sel
— small amount of salt
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German:
Prise Salz
— small amount of salt
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Hungarian:
egy csipetnyi só
— small amount of salt
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Irish:
gráinnín salainn
— small amount of salt
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Irish:
pinsín salainn
— small amount of salt
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Italian:
pizzico di sale
— small amount of salt
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Norwegian Bokmål:
klype m or f salt
— small amount of salt
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
klype f salt
— small amount of salt
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Russian:
щепо́тка со́ли
(ščepótka sóli)
— small amount of salt
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Serbo-Croatian:
zȑno soli
— small amount of salt
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Spanish:
una pizca de sal
— small amount of salt
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Ukrainian:
щі́пка со́лі
(ščípka sóli)
— small amount of salt
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Czech:
s rezervou
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Dutch:
korreltje zout
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Finnish:
varauksella
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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French:
pincettes
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Hungarian:
fenntartás
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Icelandic:
með fyrirvara
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Italian:
con le pinze
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Italian:
cautela
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Italian:
dubbio
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
klype salt
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
klype salt
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Russian:
осторо́жность
(ostoróžnostʹ)
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Russian:
предосторо́жность
(predostoróžnostʹ)
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Serbo-Croatian:
zȑno soli
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
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Swedish:
nypa salt
— caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)