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salinity

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /səˈlɪnɪti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, Canada, US: /səˈlɪnɪti/
  • Australian, Canada, US: [səˈlɪnɪɾi]
  • Texas: Austin Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L IH1 N AH0 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being saline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The concentration of salt in a solution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the relative proportion of salt in a solution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brininess

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: saltiness

4

noun

Meaning 4

the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: salt, saltiness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English saline Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English salinity From saline + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: соленост (solenost) — quality of being saline
  • Estonian: soolsus — quality of being saline
  • Finnish: suolaisuus — quality of being saline
  • Galician: salinidade — quality of being saline
  • Georgian: მარილიანობა (marilianoba) — quality of being saline
  • Indonesian: salinitas — quality of being saline
  • Irish: salandacht — quality of being saline
  • Italian: salinità — quality of being saline
  • Kazakh: тұздылық (tūzdylyq) — quality of being saline
  • Kyrgyz: туздуулук (tuzduuluk) — quality of being saline
  • Latin: salsugo — quality of being saline
  • Latvian: sāļums — quality of being saline
  • Norwegian Bokmål: saltholdighet — quality of being saline
  • Norwegian Bokmål: salinitet — quality of being saline
  • Persian: شوری (šuri) — quality of being saline
  • Polish: słoność — quality of being saline
  • Portuguese: salinidade — quality of being saline
  • Russian: солёность (soljónostʹ) — quality of being saline
  • Spanish: salinidad — quality of being saline
  • Tagalog: pagkamaalat — quality of being saline
  • Turkish: tuzluluk — quality of being saline
  • Vietnamese: độ mặn — quality of being saline
  • Arabic: مِلْحِيَّة (milḥiyya) — concentration of salt
  • Bulgarian: соленост (solenost) — concentration of salt
  • Catalan: salinitat — concentration of salt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鹽度 /盐度 (yándù) — concentration of salt
  • Finnish: suolapitoisuus — concentration of salt
  • French: salinité — concentration of salt
  • Galician: salinidade — concentration of salt
  • Greek: περιεκτικότητα σε άλατα (periektikótita se álata) — concentration of salt
  • Indonesian: salinitas — concentration of salt
  • Irish: salandacht — concentration of salt
  • Kazakh: тұздылық (tūzdylyq) — concentration of salt
  • Kyrgyz: туздуулук (tuzduuluk) — concentration of salt
  • Latvian: sāļums — concentration of salt
  • Polish: zasolenie — concentration of salt
  • Portuguese: salinidade — concentration of salt
  • Russian: солёность (soljónostʹ) — concentration of salt
  • Spanish: salinidad — concentration of salt
  • Tagalog: pagkamaalat — concentration of salt
  • Turkish: tuzluluk — concentration of salt
  • Vietnamese: độ muối — concentration of salt
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