saliva

See also: salivá and salivă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salīva (“spittle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow. False cognate to Finnish sylki (“saliva, spit”) (from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śülke).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sə-līʹ-və IPA(key): /səˈlaɪvə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪvə

Noun

saliva (countable and uncountable, plural salivas or salivae or salivæ)

  1. (physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

saliva

  1. third-person singular past historic of saliver

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈli.va/, [s̪äˈl̺iːvä]
  • Stress: salìva
  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧va

Etymology 1

From Latin salīva.

Noun

saliva f (plural salive)

  1. (physiology) saliva, spittle, spit

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

saliva

  1. third-person singular present indicative of salivare
  2. second-person singular imperative of salivare

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

saliva

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of salire

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *solH (compare Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, English sallow, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”))[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

salīva f (genitive salīvae); first declension

  1. spittle, saliva

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative salīva salīvae
genitive salīvae salīvārum
dative salīvae salīvīs
accusative salīvam salīvās
ablative salīvā salīvīs
vocative salīva salīvae

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References

  • saliva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • saliva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • saliva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • saliva in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  1. ↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “saliva”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 468

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈli.va/

Noun

saliva f (plural salivas)

  1. saliva, spittle (liquid secreted into the mouth)

Verb

saliva

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of salivar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of salivar

Romanian

Noun

saliva f

  1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of salivă.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

Noun

saliva f (plural salivas)

  1. saliva, spittle

Verb

saliva

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of salivar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salivar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of salivar.

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