Phrase guide

salt cellar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of salt shaker (“a closed container with perforated lid for sprinkling salt”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: salt shaker

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From salt + cellar, from 15th Century Middle English saler, from Middle French salier, from Latin salārius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”). Modified based on originally unrelated English cellar.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: soutstrooier — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Arabic: ملاحة (mallāḥa) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Armenian: աղաման (aġaman) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Aromanian: sãrãtor — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Azerbaijani: duzqabı — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Basque: gatzontzi — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Bulgarian: солница (solnica) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Bulgarian: солник (solnik) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Catalan: saler — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鹽瓶 /盐瓶 (yán píng) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Czech: solnička — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Czech: slánka — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Dutch: zoutvat — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Finnish: suolasirotin — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • French: salière — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Galician: saleiro — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Galician: cacifo — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • German: Salzfässchen — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • German: Salzstreuer — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Greek: αλατιέρα (alatiéra) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Hungarian: sótartó — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Italian: saliera — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Japanese: 塩入れ (shioire) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Korean: 소금통 (sogeumtong) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Korean: 소금병 (sogeumbyeong) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Luxembourgish: Salzdëppchen — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Macedonian: соларник (solarnik) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Manx: kishtey ry hoi sollan — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Manx: kishtey sollan — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Norman: saliéthe — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Persian: نمکدان (namakdân) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Polish: solniczka — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Portuguese: saleiro — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Romanian: solniță — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Romanian: sărăriță — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Russian: соло́нка (solónka) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Serbo-Croatian: сланик — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Serbo-Croatian: соланик — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Serbo-Croatian: тузлук — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Serbo-Croatian: slanik — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Serbo-Croatian: solanik — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Serbo-Croatian: tuzluk — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Slovak: soľnička — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Spanish: salero — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Swedish: saltkar — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Turkish: tuzluk — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوزلق (tuzluk) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Ukrainian: сільни́чка (silʹnýčka) — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table
  • Volapük: saliär — container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table