salvage

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• /ˈsæl.vɪdʒ/
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• rhymes with -ælvɪdʒ
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• homophone: salvage
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• /ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/
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Borrowed from Spanish salvaje (“savage, uncivilised”). The name likely derives from an encounter between the Spanish and the local indigenous population.

From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 打撈 /打捞 (dǎlāo) — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Czech: záchrana — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Czech: zachraňování — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Finnish: pelastaminen — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• French: sauvetage — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• German: Bergung — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Hebrew: חִלּוּץ (khilúts) — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Hebrew: הַצָּלָה (hatsalá) — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Hungarian: mentés — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Hungarian: megmentés — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Irish: tarrtháil — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Macedonian: спасу́вање (spasúvanje) — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Norwegian Bokmål: berging — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berging — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Polish: ocalenie — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Russian: спасе́ние (spasénije) — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Russian: спаса́ние (spasánije) — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Spanish: salvamento — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Spanish: rescate — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Spanish: salvataje — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Swedish: bärgning — the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation
• Czech: zachráněné věci — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• French: rescapé — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• German: Geborgene — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• German: Bergegut — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• Hungarian: megmentett (dolog/...) — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• Polish: ocalone mienie — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• Spanish: objeto salvado — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• Spanish: objeto rescatado — the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
• French: récompense — the compensation paid to the rescuers
• German: Bergelohn — the compensation paid to the rescuers
• Hebrew: דְּמֵי הַצָּלָה (dmēy hatsalā) — the compensation paid to the rescuers
• Hungarian: mentési jutalom — the compensation paid to the rescuers
• Polish: spieniężenie ocalałego towaru lub mienia — the compensation paid to the rescuers
• Irish: tarrtháil — the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
• Polish: ocalone mienie — the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
• French: récupération — anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
• German: B-Ware — anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
• German: C-Ware — anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
• Polish: odratowany przedmiot — anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
• Portuguese: reaproveitamento — anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
• Spanish: material recuperado — anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
• Catalan: rescatar — to rescue
• Chinese Mandarin: 搶救 /抢救 (qiǎngjiù) — to rescue
• Chinese Mandarin: 拯救 (zhěngjiù) — to rescue
• Czech: zachránit — to rescue
• Danish: redde — to rescue
• Dutch: redden — to rescue
• Finnish: pelastaa — to rescue
• French: sauver — to rescue
• French: secourir — to rescue
• German: bergen — to rescue
• German: retten — to rescue
• Hungarian: megment — to rescue
• Irish: tarrtháil — to rescue
• Macedonian: спа́си (spási) — to rescue
• Polish: ocalać — to rescue
• Polish: ocalić — to rescue
• Polish: ratować — to rescue
• Polish: uratować — to rescue
• Russian: спаса́ть (spasátʹ) — to rescue
• Spanish: rescatar — to rescue
• Spanish: salvar — to rescue
• Spanish: recuperar — to rescue
• Spanish: hacer un salvamento — to rescue
• Spanish: lograr un salvataje — to rescue
• Thai: กู้ (gûu) — to rescue
• Thai: กอบกู้ — to rescue
• Vietnamese: cứu hộ — to rescue
• French: recycler — to put to use
• French: récupérer — to put to use
• German: nutzen — to put to use
• German: ausschlachten — to put to use
• Hungarian: hasznosít — to put to use
• Polish: wykorzystywać — to put to use
• Polish: wykorzystać — to put to use
• Polish: używać — to put to use
• Polish: użyć — to put to use
• Polish: użytkować — to put to use
• Portuguese: reaproveitar — to put to use
• Portuguese: reutilizar — to put to use
• Spanish: reutilizar — to put to use
• French: réutiliser — to make new or restore for the use of being saved
• German: restaurieren — to make new or restore for the use of being saved
• German: herrichten — to make new or restore for the use of being saved
• Polish: odratowywać — to make new or restore for the use of being saved
• Polish: odratować — to make new or restore for the use of being saved
• Portuguese: reaproveitar — to make new or restore for the use of being saved
• Portuguese: reutilizar — to make new or restore for the use of being saved
• Spanish: restaurar — to make new or restore for the use of being saved