savory

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From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapiō, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).

From Middle English saverey, possibly from Old English sæþerie, from Latin satureia, influenced by or via Old French savereie.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ngjelmë — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Arabic: شَهِيّ (šahiyy) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Arabic: مَرِيء (marīʔ) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Armenian: համեղ (hameġ) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Bulgarian: вкусен (vkusen) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Chinese Mandarin: 香 (xiāng) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Chinese Mandarin: 好吃 (hǎochī) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Chinese Mandarin: 鮮美 /鲜美 (xiānměi) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Dutch: smakelijk — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Esperanto: bongusta — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Estonian: maitsev — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Finnish: maukas — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Finnish: ruokahalua herättävä — tasty, attractive to the palate
• French: savoureux — tasty, attractive to the palate
• French: délicieux — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Friulian: gustôs — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Galician: saboroso — tasty, attractive to the palate
• German: schmackhaft — tasty, attractive to the palate
• German: köstlich — tasty, attractive to the palate
• German: lecker — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Greek: νόστιμος (nóstimos) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Hebrew: ערב (arév) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Hindi: सलोना (salonā) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Hungarian: ízes — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Indonesian: sedap — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Italian: saporito — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Italian: gustoso — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Japanese: 香ばしい (kōbashii) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Japanese: 美味しい (oishii) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Latin: sapidus — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Northern Mansi: атыӈ (atyň) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Manx: blasstal — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Māori: mākarakara — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Māori: mōkarakara — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Polish: smaczny — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Polish: smakowity — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Portuguese: saboroso — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Portuguese: apetitoso — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Portuguese: gostoso — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Romanian: savuros — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Russian: аппети́тный (appetítnyj) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Russian: вку́сный (vkúsnyj) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Russian: пика́нтный (pikántnyj) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Russian: о́стрый (óstryj) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Russian: пря́ный (prjányj) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Serbo-Croatian: slasno — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Slovak: chutný — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Slovak: výrazne ochutený — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Slovene: okusen — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Spanish: sabroso — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Spanish: apetitoso — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Swedish: välsmakande — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Thai: รสอูมามิ — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Thai: อูมามิ (uu-maa-mí) — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Turkish: lezzetli — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Welsh: sawrus — tasty, attractive to the palate
• Arabic: مالح — salty or non-sweet
• Armenian: բարկահամ (barkaham) — salty or non-sweet
• Armenian: կծու (kcu) — salty or non-sweet
• Armenian: աղի (aġi) — salty or non-sweet
• Bulgarian: but see солен (solen) — salty or non-sweet
• Bulgarian: пикантен (pikanten) — salty or non-sweet
• Chinese Cantonese: 鹹 /咸 (haam4) — salty or non-sweet
• Chinese: 鹹 /咸 (zh-min-nan) — salty or non-sweet
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹹 /咸 (xián) — salty or non-sweet
• Dutch: hartig — salty or non-sweet
• Esperanto: salgusta — salty or non-sweet
• Finnish: suolainen — salty or non-sweet
• French: salé — salty or non-sweet
• Galician: salgado — salty or non-sweet
• German: herzhaft — salty or non-sweet
• German: pikant — salty or non-sweet
• Greek: αλμυρός (almyrós) — salty or non-sweet
• Hebrew: מלוח (malúakh) — salty or non-sweet
• Hungarian: pikáns — salty or non-sweet
• Indonesian: gurih — salty or non-sweet
• Italian: salato — salty or non-sweet
• Japanese: 旨味 (umami) — salty or non-sweet
• Japanese: 塩辛い (shiokarai) — salty or non-sweet
• Northern Mansi: солвалыӈ (solvalyň) — salty or non-sweet
• Polish: niesłodki — salty or non-sweet
• Polish: pikantny — salty or non-sweet
• Polish: wytrawny — salty or non-sweet
• Portuguese: salgado — salty or non-sweet
• Portuguese: de sal — salty or non-sweet
• Romanian: sărat — salty or non-sweet
• Russian: солёный (soljónyj) — salty or non-sweet
• Russian: пикантный (pikantnyj) — salty or non-sweet
• Serbo-Croatian: slano — salty or non-sweet
• Slovak: slaný — salty or non-sweet
• Spanish: salado — salty or non-sweet
• Spanish: de sal — salty or non-sweet
• Swedish: salt — salty or non-sweet
• Thai: รสอูมามิ — salty or non-sweet
• Thai: อูมามิ (uu-maa-mí) — salty or non-sweet
• Turkish: tuzlu — salty or non-sweet
• Vietnamese: ngọt thịt — salty or non-sweet
• Welsh: safri — salty or non-sweet
• Albanian: shtërmen — herb of genus Satureja
• Albanian: thrumbishtë — herb of genus Satureja
• Arabic: نَدْغ (nadḡ) — herb of genus Satureja
• Armenian: կորթին (kortʻin) — herb of genus Satureja
• Armenian: ծոթրին (cotʻrin) — herb of genus Satureja
• Armenian: կորդյուն (kordyun) — herb of genus Satureja
• Armenian: ծիթրոն (citʻron) — herb of genus Satureja
• Armenian: մարզա (marza) — herb of genus Satureja
• Bulgarian: чу́брица (čúbrica) — herb of genus Satureja
• Czech: saturejka — herb of genus Satureja
• Danish: sar — herb of genus Satureja
• Dutch: bonenkruid — herb of genus Satureja
• Finnish: kynteli — herb of genus Satureja
• French: sarriette — herb of genus Satureja
• Galician: segorella — herb of genus Satureja
• Georgian: ქონდარი (kondari) — herb of genus Satureja
• German: Bohnenkraut — herb of genus Satureja
• Greek: θρούμπι (throúmpi) — herb of genus Satureja
• Greek: θρούμπη (throúmpi) — herb of genus Satureja
• Ancient Greek: θύμβρα (thúmbra) — herb of genus Satureja
• Hungarian: csombord — herb of genus Satureja
• Hungarian: borsikafű — herb of genus Satureja
• Italian: santoreggia — herb of genus Satureja
• Japanese: キダチハッカ (kidachihakka) — herb of genus Satureja
• Japanese: セイボリー (seiborī) — herb of genus Satureja
• Latin: cunela — herb of genus Satureja
• Latin: satureia — herb of genus Satureja
• Macedonian: чубрика (čubrika) — herb of genus Satureja
• Persian: مرزه (marze) — herb of genus Satureja
• Polish: cząber — herb of genus Satureja
• Portuguese: segurelha — herb of genus Satureja
• Romanian: cimbru — herb of genus Satureja
• Russian: сатуре́я (saturéja) — herb of genus Satureja
• Russian: ча́бер (čáber) — herb of genus Satureja
• Serbo-Croatian: чу̏бар — herb of genus Satureja
• Serbo-Croatian: ври̑сак — herb of genus Satureja
• Serbo-Croatian: čȕbar — herb of genus Satureja
• Serbo-Croatian: vrȋsak — herb of genus Satureja
• Slovene: šetraj — herb of genus Satureja
• Slovene: čober — herb of genus Satureja
• Spanish: ajedrea — herb of genus Satureja
• Swedish: kyndel — herb of genus Satureja
• Turkish: zahter – however — herb of genus Satureja
• Turkish: like zaatar — herb of genus Satureja
• Ukrainian: чабе́р (čabér) — herb of genus Satureja
• Welsh: sewyrllys — herb of genus Satureja
• Welsh: safri — herb of genus Satureja