Standard Lemma guide

salivary

adj · noun · 3 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈsælɪˌvɛɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /səˈlaɪvəɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsælɪvəɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to saliva.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A salivary gland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to saliva

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • salivary gland

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English saliva Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English salivary From saliva + -ary.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لُعَابِيّ (luʕābiyy) — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Belarusian: слі́нны (slínny) — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Bulgarian: слю́нчен (sljúnčen) — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唾液的 (tuòyè de) — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Czech: slinný — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Esperanto: saliva — of or pertaining to saliva
  • French: salivaire — of or pertaining to saliva
  • German: Speichel- — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Irish: seileach — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Italian: salivare — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Macedonian: плунковен (plunkoven) — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Polish: ślinowy — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Portuguese: salivar — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Russian: слю́нный (sljúnnyj) — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Serbo-Croatian: пљу̀вачнӣ — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Serbo-Croatian: pljùvačnī — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Slovak: slinný — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Spanish: salival — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Spanish: salivar — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Ukrainian: сли́нний (slýnnyj) — of or pertaining to saliva
  • Volapük: salifik — of or pertaining to saliva