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The property of being, or tasting, salty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property
Narrower terms: brininess, salinity, brackishness
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, salinity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
language or humor that is down-to-earth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the saltiness of their language was inappropriate
- self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coarseness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expressive style, style
Etymology tree English salty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English saltiness From salty + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُلُوْحَة
(muluwḥa)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Azerbaijani:
duzluluq
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Chinese Mandarin:
鹹淡 /咸淡
(xiándàn)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Chinese Mandarin:
鹹味 /咸味
(xiánwèi)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Czech:
slanost
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Finnish:
suolaisuus
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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French:
salure
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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German:
Salzigkeit
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Greek:
αλμύρα
(almýra)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Greek:
αλμυρότητα
(almyrótita)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Gujarati:
ખારાશ
(khārāś)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Kazakh:
тұздылық
(tūzdylyq)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Korean:
짠맛
(jjanmat)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Korean:
함미
(hammi)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Kyrgyz:
туздуулук
(tuzduuluk)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Latin:
salsugo
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Latvian:
sāļums
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Norwegian Bokmål:
salthet
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Polish:
słoność
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Polish:
zasolenie
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Romanian:
sărătură
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Russian:
солёность
(soljónostʹ)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Spanish:
salado
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Spanish:
sabor a sal
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Swedish:
sälta
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Tagalog:
alat
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Tamil:
உவர்ப்பு
(uvarppu)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Tamil:
கரிப்பு
(karippu)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Tatar:
тозлылык
(tozlılıq)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Thai:
ความเค็ม
(kwaam-kem)
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Turkish:
tuzluluk
— property of being, or tasting, salty
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Uzbek:
tuzlilik
— property of being, or tasting, salty
