salad

Alternative forms

• sallet [16th-19th c.]

Etymology

Borrowed from French salade, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsaləd/, /ˈsæləd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæləd/
• enPR: SAH-luhd

• Audio (US)

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Noun

salad (countable and uncountable, plural salads)

1. A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 5,

     Lafeu. ’Twas a good lady, ’twas a good lady: we may pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another herb.

     Clown. Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad, or rather, the herb of grace.

2. A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.

Anagrams

• S.D. Ala., daals

Etymology

From English salad, borrowed from French salade, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata, from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧lad

Noun

salad

1. salad

Verb

salad

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of salar.