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{{also|Salt|SALT|sâlt|sålt|-salt}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|lang=en}}

===Etymology 1===
{{PIE word|en|séh₂ls}}
From {{inh|en|enm|salt}}, from {{inh|en|ang|sealt}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*salt}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*séh₂ls|t=salt}}. {{doublet|en|sal}}, ultimately from {{cog|la|sāl|t=salt}}, which it superseded as the general term for "salt".

====Pronunciation====
* {{enPR|sŏlt|sôlt|a=UK}}, {{IPA|en|/sɒlt/|/sɔːlt/}}
** {{audio|en|En-uk-salt.ogg|a=UK|IPA=/sɔːlt/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-salt.wav|a=UK|IPA=/sɔːlt/}}
* {{enPR|sôlt|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/sɔlt/}}
** {{enPR|sält|a=cot-caught}}, {{IPA|en|/sɑlt/|[sɑɫt]|[sɑɫʔ]}}
*** {{audio|en|en-us-salt.ogg|a=US, cot-caught merger}}
* {{enPR|sŏlt|a=NZ}}, {{IPA|en|/sɔlt/|[sɔɯ̯t]}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒlt|ɔːlt|s=1}}

[[Image:Sal (close).jpg|thumb|'''Salt''' crystals]]

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|broad}} A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of [[sodium chloride]] ([[NaCl]]), used extensively as a [[condiment]] and [[preservative]].
#* {{quote-book|enm|title=Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55|passage=Take gode almaunde mylke y-draw wyth wyn, an let hem boyle to-gederys, an caste þer-to Safroun an '''Salt'''; {{...}}|translation=Take good almond milk made with wine, and let it boil together, and add thereto Saffron and '''Salt'''; {{...}}|year=1430|page=11|year_published=1888|editor=Thomas Austin|volume=1|series=Early English Text Society, Original Series|seriesvolume=91|oclc=374760374760|publisher=Routledge; N. Trübner & Co.|location=London}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses|passage=Common '''salt''', chloride of sodium, appears to be essential to the life of the higher animals.|year=1880|author=Arthur Herbert Church|page=24|authorlink=Arthur Herbert Church|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/b28092053/page/24/mode/2up|publisher=Chapman and Hall|location=London|url=https://archive.org/details/b28092053}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=True Grit: the Epic True Stories of Heroism and Survival That Have Shaped My Life|passage=Nando was pierced with grief, but he didn't allow himself to cry. Tears, he knew, would cost his body '''salt'''. Without '''salt''', you die.|year=2013|author=w:Bear Grylls|page=9|isbn=9780593071069}}
# {{senseid|en|chemistry}} {{lb|en|chemistry}} One of the [[compound]]s formed from the [[reaction]] of an [[acid]] with a [[base]], where a positive [[ion]] replaces a [[hydrogen]] of the acid.
# {{lb|en|uncommon|countable}} A [[salt marsh]], a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
# {{lb|en|slang|countable}} A [[sailor]] {{qualifier|also '''''[[old salt]]'''''}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1850|author=Nathaniel Hawthorne|title=The Scarlet Letter|passage=Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old '''salts'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Melville Moby-Dick|chapter 1|text=I never go as a passenger; nor, though I am something of a '''salt''', do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook.}}
# {{lb|en|cryptography}} A sequence of [[random]] data added to [[plain text]] data (such as passwords or messages) prior to [[encrypt|encryption]] or [[hashing]], in order to make [[brute force]] [[decryption]] more difficult.
# A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
# {{lb|en|obsolete|uncountable}} [[flavour|Flavour]]; [[taste]]; [[seasoning]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merry Wives|II|iii|passage=Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen {{...}} we have some '''salt''' of our youth in us.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|uncountable}} [[piquancy|Piquancy]]; [[wit]]; [[sense]].
#: ''Attic '''salt'''''
# {{lb|en|obsolete|countable}} A dish for salt at table; a [[salt cellar]].
#* {{RQ:Pepys Diary|IV|9 September 1664
|passage=I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver '''salts'''.}}
# {{lb|en|historical|in the plural}} [[Epsom salts]] or other salt used as a [[medicine]].
# {{lb|en|figurative|uncountable}} [[skepticism|Skepticism]] and [[common sense]].
#: ''Any politician's statements must be taken [[with a grain of salt|with a grain of '''salt''']], but his need to be taken with a whole shaker of '''salt'''.''
# {{senseid|en|internet slang}}{{lb|en|Internet slang|uncountable}} Tears; indignation; outrage; arguing.
#: ''There was so much '''salt''' in that [[thread]] about the poor casting decision.''
# {{lb|en|UK|historical|uncountable}} The [[money]] demanded by [[Eton]] [[schoolboy]]s during the [[montem]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|sal}} {{q|obsolete}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en|add salt to injury|bread and salt|lay salt on someone's tail|salt cave|salt marsh elder|salt myrtle|salt stick|salt-myrtle|take bread and salt
|besalted
|desalt
|salty
|persalt|cerebral salt-wasting syndrome|pepper and salt|salt and pepper chips|salt coffee|salt of wisdom|salt water aspiration syndrome
|protosalt|antisalt|bisalt|blacksalter|hydrosalt|nonsalt|oversalt|oxysalt|polysalt|resalt|saltbox|saltbush|saltcat|saltery|saltfish|saltfoot|Saltford|saltfree|saltgrass|saltie|saltine|saltish|saltless|saltlike|saltly|saltmaker|saltmaking|saltmouth|saltproof|saltweed|saltwork|saltworker|saltworks|saltwort|sesquisalt|subsalt|sulfosalt|sulphosalt|supersalt
|salt-free
}}
{{col4|en|title=Compound words and expressions|collapse=n
|chicken salt
|[[Epsom salt]][[Epsom salts|(s)]]
|Great Salt Lake|Magnus' green salt
|hair-salt
|pinch of salt
|rock salt
|rub salt in the wound
|salt and pepper|bronzing salt|flake salt|garlic salt|salt grass|salt meat|salt spoon|salt water taffy|salt-rising bread|salt-water|Schlippe's salt
|Salt Creek
|[[salt lake]] → [[Salt Lake City]], {{nowrap|[[Salt Lake County]]}}
|salt marsh
|salt of the earth
|Salt River
|[[salt sea]], [[Salt Sea]]
|saltcellar
|saltspoon
|saltwater
|sea salt
|salt truck
|table salt
|take with a pinch of salt
|worth one's salt
|above the salt|acid of salt|amphid salt|Attic salt|baker's salt|bath salt|bay salt|below the salt|bile salt|butter salt|cat-salt|celery salt|common salt|covenant of salt|diazonium salt|dishwasher salt|double salt|dry-salt|essential salt|fruit salt|Frémy's salt|Glaser's salt|Glauber's salt|green salt|green salt of Magnus|hair salt|hartshorn salt|hei hei salt|Himalayan salt|horse salt|inner salt|kosher salt|koshering salt|Meerwein's salt|microcosmic salt|mineral salt|mixed salt|Monsel's salt|not worth salt|organic salt|pepper-and-salt|pink salt|please pass the salt|polychrest salt|pound salt|pre-salt layer|prunella salt|put salt on someone's tail|road salt|Rochelle salt|rub salt in someone's wounds|salt acid|salt beef|salt bottom|salt box|salt bridge|salt cake|salt cedar|salt chuck|salt clay|salt cod|salt dome|salt dough|salt flat|salt garden|salt glacier|salt gland|salt glaze|salt hay|salt horse|salt in the wound|salt junk|salt lick|salt line|salt marsh hay|salt mine|salt of amber|salt of colcothar|salt of hartshorn|salt of lemon|salt of Saturn|salt of soda|salt of sorrel|salt of tartar|salt of tin|salt of Venus|salt of vitriol|salt of wormwood|salt out|salt pan|salt pig|salt pork|salt rheum|salt sedative|salt shaker|salt spray test|salt substitute|salt the mine|salt tree|salt water|salt wedge|salt works|salt-and-pepper|salt-cellar|salt-effect distillation|salt-green|salt-marsh caterpillar|salt-marsh terrapin|sedative salt|sell salt to a slug|smelling salt|spirit of salt|spirits of salt|sulfur salt|sulphur salt|syntactic salt|throw salt|Tutton's salt|white salt|with all the salt in the Dead Sea|worth one's weight in salt}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|salary}}
* {{l|en|salad}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|bi|sol}}
* {{desc|tpi|sol}}

=====Translations=====
{{see translation subpage|Noun}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# Of water: containing salt, [[saline]].
#: {{collocation|en|{{w|Why the Sea is Salt|Why the Sea is '''Salt'''}}<!--the conventionally established translation-->}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1874|author={{w|Marcus Clarke}}|title=For the Term of His Natural Life|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2009|page=97
|passage=After a few days of north-west wind, the waters of the Gordon will be found '''salt''' for twelve miles up from the bar.}}
# Treated with salt as a [[preservative]]; [[cured]] with salt, [[salted]].
#: {{ux|en|'''salt''' beef}}
#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|chapter=8|passage=Philander went into the next room{{...}}and came back with a '''salt''' mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm.}}
# Of land, fields etc.: flooded by the sea.
#: {{ux|en|a '''salt''' marsh}}
# Of plants: growing in the sea or on land flooded by the sea.
#: {{ux|en|'''salt''' grass}}
# Related to salt [[deposit]]s, [[excavation]], [[process]]ing or [[use]].
#: {{ux|en|a '''salt''' mine}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''salt''' factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative|obsolete}} Bitter; sharp; pungent.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Othello|III|4|text=I have a '''salt''' and sorry rheum offends me {{...}}.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative|obsolete}} Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in [[heat]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Othello|III|3|passage=It is impossible you should see this, / Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys, / As '''salt''' as wolves in pride, and fools as gross / As ignorance made drunk.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1653|translator={{w|Thomas Urquhart}}|title=The {{w|Gargantua and Pantagruel|First Book}} of the works of Mr. {{w|François Rabelais|Francis Rabelais}}|section=Book 2, Chapter 22, p. 153|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A91655.0001.001
|passage=And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their accesse to her, and every way keeping such a coyle with her, as they are wont to do about a proud or '''salt''' bitch, he forthwith departed {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial|archaic}} [[costly|Costly]]; [[expensive]].

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|saltness}}
* {{l|en|salt spray}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|salty}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Aymara: {{tt|ay|jayuk'ara}}, {{tt|ay|jayuni}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|duzlu}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|salat}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|slaný}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|salt}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|zout}}, {{tt+|nl|zoutig}}, {{tt+|nl|gezouten}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|soolane}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|saltur}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|suolainen}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|salé}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|salgado}}
* German: {{t+|de|salzig}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|αλμυρός|m}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|pa’akai}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sós}}
* Icelandic: {{tt|is|saltur}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|salato}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|سوێر}}, {{tt|ckb|خوێواو}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|sāļš}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|солен}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|mātaitai}}, {{tt+|mi|tote}}
* Mon: {{tt+|mnw|ၜဵု}}, {{tt|mnw|ဍာ်ပဏုင်}}
* Mopan Maya: {{tt|mop|ch'ooch'}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|salt}}, {{tt|nb|saltet}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|salt}}, {{tt|nn|salta}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|sealt}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|słony}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|salgado}}
* Punjabi: {{tt|pa|ਨਮਕੀਨ|sc=Guru}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|sărat}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|солёный}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|slan}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|salado}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|chumvi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|salt}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|maasin}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|saline}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|salí}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|solný|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|saltholdig}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|zout|n}}, {{tt+|nl|zout|n|alt=zout-}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|soolane}}, {{tt|et|soola-}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|saltkendur}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|suolainen}}, {{tt+|fi|suola|alt=suola-}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|salin}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|salino}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|αλατούχος|m}}, {{tt+|el|αλατώδης|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|salino}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|солен}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|kurutai}}, {{tt|mi|kurutaitai}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|saltholdig}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|salthaldig}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|słony}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|salino}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|солево́й}}, {{tt+|ru|соляно́й}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|salino}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|chumvi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|salthaltig}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|salí}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[suola]]-}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|солево́й}}, {{tt+|ru|соляно́й}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|salinero}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* German: {{t+check|de|salzig}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|asin}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|salate}}
* Old English: {{t-check|ang|sealt}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|sărat|m}}, {{t-check|ro|sărată|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+check|sk|slaný}}
* Telugu: {{t-check|te|ఉప్పగా|sc=Telu}}, {{t-check|te|ఉప్పటి|sc=Telu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[add]] salt to.
#: ''to '''salt''' fish, beef, or pork''; ''to '''salt''' the city streets in the winter''
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[deposit]] salt as a [[saline]] [[solution]].
#: {{ux|en|The brine begins to '''salt'''.}}
# {{lb|en|nautical|of a ship}} To [[fill]] with salt between the [[timber]]s and [[plank]]s for the [[preservation]] of the [[timber]].
# To [[insert]] or [[inject]] something into an object to give it [[property|properties]] it would not [[naturally]] have.
## {{lb|en|mining}} To [[blast]] [[metal]] into {{qualifier|as a portion of a mine}} in order to cause to appear to be a [[productive]] [[seam]].
## {{lb|en|archaeology}} To add [[bogus]] [[evidence]] to an [[archaeological]] site.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To add certain chemical [[element]]s to (a [[nuclear]] or [[conventional]] weapon) so that it generates more [[radiation]].
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1964|author=U.S. Atomic Energy Commission|title=The Effects of Nuclear Weapons|page=417
|passage=The composition of the fallout can also be changed by "'''salting'''" the weapon to be detonated. This consists in the inclusion of significant quantities of certain elements, possibly enriched in specific isotopes, for the purpose of producing induced radioactivity. There are several reasons why a weapon might be '''salted'''.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sprinkle]] [[throughout]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=11 Dec 76|volume=4|number=24|journal=Gay Community News|page=4|author=Ronnie Allen|title=No Political Eunuch|text=The Libertarians wish we had won the Vietnamese War, they would like to revoke civil rights legislation, they believe (even though they are supposedly anti-state) in a stronger Pentagon. They are '''salted''' with Nixonites, Young Americans for Freedom, John Birchers, Reaganites — in other words the old Joe McCarthy gang again. I thought they had left us, or reformed, or taken up knitting.}}
#: {{ux|en|They '''salted''' the document with arcane language.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1993|title=The Journal of Jewish Thought & Philosophy|page=154
|passage=These were pamphlets, often written in various Jewish vernaculars, describing the location of the Holy sites and '''salting''' the accounts with mythic and homiletical materials.}}
# {{lb|en|cryptography}} To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make [[brute-force]] [[decryption]] more resource-intensive.
# To render a thing [[useless]].
## {{lb|en|military|transitive}} To sow with salt ''(of land)'', symbolizing a curse on its re-inhabitation.
##: {{ux|en|In this place were put to the ground and '''salted''' the houses of José Mascarenhas.}}
## {{lb|en|wiki}} To lock a page title so it cannot be [[create]]d.

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|add salt}} {{l|en|desalt}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|desalt}}
* {{l|en|salt away}}
* {{l|en|salt down}}
* {{l|en|salt out}}
* {{l|en|salt the earth}}
* {{l|en|salt up}}
*{{l|en|undersalt}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to add salt to}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|مَلَّحَ}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|ãnsar}}, {{tt|rup|nsar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|duzlamaq}}
* Bavarian: {{tt|bar|sålzn}}, {{tt|bar|soizn}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|салі́ць|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|be|пасалі́ць|pf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|salar}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|[[加]][[鹽]]|tr=gaa1 jim4}}, {{tt|yue|[[落]][[鹽]]|tr=lok6 jim4}}
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|solit}}, {{tt+|cs|osolit}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|salte}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|zouten}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|sali}}
* Estonian: {{tt|et|soolama}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|salta}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|suolata}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|saler}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|salâ}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|salgar}}, {{tt|gl|salpresar}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|დამარილება}}
* German: {{tt+|de|salzen}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|αλατίζω}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|ἁλίζω}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|המליח|tr=himlíakh}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|sóz}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|salta}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|salizar}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|soolata}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|saill}}, {{tt|ga|cuir salann ar}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|salare}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|塩漬けにする|tr=shio-zuke ni suru|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|тұздау}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|туздоо}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|salio}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|sālīt}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|sūdyti}}, {{t|lt|pasūdyti}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|соли}}, {{tt|mk|посоли}}, {{tt|mk|засоли}}
* Maori: {{tt+|mi|tote}}, {{tt|mi|whakatote}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|saler}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|salte}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|salar}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|sieltan}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|sala}}
* Piedmontese: {{tt|pms|salé}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|solić}}, {{tt+|pl|posolić}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|salgar}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|săra}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|ensalar}}, {{tt|rm|ansalar}}, {{tt|rm|saler}}, {{tt|rm|insaler}}, {{tt|rm|salar}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|соли́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|посоли́ть|pf}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|salire}}, {{tt|sc|saliri}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{qualifier|for preservation}} {{tt|gd|saill}}
* Sicilian: {{tt|scn|salari}}
* Slovak:  {{t-needed|sk}}
* Slovene: {{tt|sl|soliti}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|salar}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|chumvi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|salta}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|tuzlamak}}
* Walloon: {{t-needed|wa}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|halltu}}, {{tt|cy|dodi halen ar}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|זאַלצן|sc=Hebr}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|solnaene}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to add something into an object}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|terästää}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to include colorful language}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|krydre}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|kleuren}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|maustaa}}, {{tt+|fi|höystää}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|épicer}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|krydda}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to add filler bytes before encryption}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|suolata}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|chumvi}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Old English: {{t-check|ang|sealtan}}, {{t-check|ang|sieltan}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t-check|sh|солити|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check|sh|посолити|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+check|sh|soliti}}, {{t+check|sh|posoliti}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|saltus}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{tlb|en|obsolete}} A [[bound]]ing; a [[leap]]ing; a [[prance]].
#* '''1616''', {{w|Ben Jonson}}, ''{{w|The Devil Is an Ass}}'', in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume V page [https://archive.org/details/worksbenjonsonw04giffgoog/page/n75 67]
#*: {{quote|en|[…] he hath the skill to draw<br/>Their nectar forth, with kissing; and could make<br/>More wanton '''salts''' from this brave promontory,<br/>Down to this valley, than the nimble roe;}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=alst|Alts|LTAs|TLAs|alts|last|lats|slat}}

{{C|en|Nautical|Occupations|People|Radioactivity|Seasonings}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|roa-oca|salt}}, from {{inh|ca|la|saltus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-salt.wav}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m}}

# [[jump]]
# [[waterfall]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|salt de perxa}}
* {{l|ca|saltiró}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|saltar}}

===References===
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Crimean Gothic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gme-cgo|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{inh|gme-cgo|ine-pro|*seh₂l-}}.

===Noun===
{{head|gme-cgo|noun}}

# {{topics|gme-cgo|Seasonings}} {{l|en|salt}}
#* 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
#*: '''Salt'''. Sal.

==Czech==

===Noun===
{{head|cs|noun form}}

# {{infl of|cs|salto||gen|p}}

==Danish==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|da|non|saltr||salt}}, from {{der|da|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}, {{m|ine-pro|*sáls}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|da|/salˀd/|[sælˀd̥]|[sælˀt]}}

====Adjective====
{{da-adj}}

# [[salty]], {{l|en|salt}}

=====Inflection=====
{{da-infl-adj||est}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|da|non|salt}} (akin to {{cog|osx|salt}}, {{cog|goh|salz}}, Old Dutch ''salt'', {{cog|ang|sealt}}), from {{der|da|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{der|da|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}. Compare Icelandic, Norwegian, and {{cog|sv|salt}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|da|/salˀt/|[sæ̝lˀt]}}

====Noun====
{{da-noun|et|e}}

# {{l|en|salt}}

=====Inflection=====
{{da-noun-infl|et|e|}}

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|da|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|da|salte||imp}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|da|salte}}
* {{l|da|mineralsalt}}

==Faroese==
[[Image:K%C3%B6rniges_Salz.JPG|thumb|right|'''''salt''''']]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fo|[sal̥t]}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|fo|non|salt}}, from {{der|fo|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{der|fo|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}, {{m|ine-pro|*sáls}}.

====Noun====
{{fo-noun|n|salts|sølt}}

# {{l|en|salt}}

=====Declension=====
{{fo-decl-noun-n5|s|a|lt|ø}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|fo|pipar}}
* {{l|fo|edikur}}
* {{l|fo|sinnopur}}
* {{l|fo|olivinolja}}
* {{l|fo|epli}}
* {{l|fo|pannukøka}}
* {{l|fo|rosina}}
* {{l|fo|sukur}}
* {{l|fo|drúvusukur}}
* {{l|fo|vaniljusukur}}
* {{l|fo|súltusukur}}
* {{l|fo|siropur}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|fo|non|saltr||salt}}, from {{der|fo|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}, {{m|ine-pro|*sáls}}.

====Adjective====
{{fo-adj}}

# {{l|en|salty}}

=====Declension=====
{{fo-decl-adj-21|s|a|lt|ø}}

{{C|fo|Chemistry|Spices and herbs}}

==Friulian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fur|la|saltus}}.

===Noun===
{{fur-noun|m}}

# [[jump]], [[leap]], [[spring]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|fur|saltâ}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄}}

==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|is|non|salt}}, from {{der|is|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{der|is|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}, {{m|ine-pro|*sáls}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|is|/sal̥t/}}
* {{audio|is|Is-salt.oga}}
* {{rhymes|is|al̥t|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{is-noun|@@}}

# {{l|en|salt}}
#: {{ux|is|Geturðu rétt mér '''saltið'''?|Can you pass me the '''salt'''?}}

====Declension====
{{is-ndecl|n}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|is|salta}}
* {{l|is|saltstaukur}}
* {{l|is|saltsýra}}
* {{l|is|vega salt}}

===Adjective===
{{head|is|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|is|saltur||posd|n|s|nom//acc}}

==Latvian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|lv|ine-pro|*ḱel-||cold; hot}}. Cognates include {{cog|lt|šálti}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{rfap|lv}}

===Verb===
{{lv-verb|intr|1st|salst|salst|i|sal}}

# to [[freeze]]

====Conjugation====
{{lv-conj|sal|salst|1st|salst|i|sal||st|width=430}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|salte|scealte|selt|sealt|saulte|sawt|zalt}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|sealt}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*salt}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*saltą}} (noun) and {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*saltaz}} (adjective).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/salt/}}
* {{IPA|enm|/zalt/|/zɛlt/|a=Southern,Kent}}
* {{i|late}} {{IPA|enm|/sau̯lt/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|-}}

# {{l|en|salt}} {{gloss|sodium chloride}}
# Something containing or for storing salt
# Any of a group of crystalline compounds that resemble salt

====Related terms====
* {{l|enm|salten}}
* {{l|enm|salthous}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|salt}}
* {{desc|sco|sawt|salt|saut}}
* {{desc|yol|zall}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=salt|pos=n.(1)|id=MED38336|accessdate=2018-04-08}}

===Adjective===
{{enm-adj|salte|salter|saltest}}

# [[salty]], tasting of salt
# salted, coated in salt

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|salt}}
* {{desc|sco|sawt|salt|saut}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry= salt|pos=adj|id=MED38338|accessdate=2018-04-08}}

{{C|enm|Seasonings}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no}}

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|nb}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|nb|non|saltr}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|nb|adjective|neuter singular|salt|definite singular and plural|salte|comparative|saltere|indefinite superlative|saltest|definite superlative|salteste}}

# [[salty]], {{l|en|salt}}, [[salted]]
#: '''''salte''' peanøtter - salted peanuts''

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nb|non|salt}} (akin to {{cog|osx|salt}}, {{cog|goh|salz}}, Old Dutch ''salt'', {{cog|ang|sealt}}), from {{der|nb|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{der|nb|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}. Compare Danish, Swedish and {{cog|is|salt}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-n2}}

# {{l|en|salt}}

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verbf}}

# {{infl of|nb|salte||imp}}

===Derived terms===
{{col3|nb
|bordsalt
||havsalt
|salte<pos:verb>
|saltholdig
|saltinnhold
|saltkrystall
|saltlake
|saltsyre
|saltvann
|sjøsalt
|veisalt
}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{wikipedia|lang=nn}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|no|/sɑlt/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|nn|non|saltr}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|nn|adjective|neuter singular|salt|definite singular and plural|salte|comparative|saltare|indefinite superlative|saltast|definite superlative|saltaste}}

# [[salty]], {{l|en|salt}}, [[salted]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nn|non|salt}} (akin to {{cog|osx|salt}}, {{cog|goh|salz}}, Old Dutch ''salt'', {{cog|ang|sealt}}), from {{der|nn|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{der|nn|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# {{l|en|salt}}

===Derived terms===
{{top2}}
* {{l|nn|bordsalt}}
* {{l|nn|havsalt}}
* {{l|nn|salte}} {{qualifier|verb}}
* {{l|nn|saltkrystall}}
* {{l|nn|saltlake}}
* {{l|nn|saltsyre}}
* {{l|nn|sjøsalt}}
{{bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Old Danish==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|gmq-oda|non|salt}}.

====Noun====
{{head|gmq-oda|noun|g=n}}

# {{l|en|salt}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|da|salt}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|gmq-oda|non|saltr}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|gmq-oda|adjective}}

# {{l|en|salty}}, {{l|en|salt}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|da|salt}}

==Old Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ofs|gem-pro|*saltą||salt}}, {{m|gem-pro|*saltaz||salty, salted}}.

===Noun===
{{ofs-noun|n}}

# {{l|en|salt}}

====Inflection====
{{ofs-decl-noun-a-n|salt}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|frr|saalt}}
* {{desc|stq|Soalt|alts=1}}
* {{desc|fy|sâlt}}

===Adjective===
{{ofs-adj}}

# [[salty]], [[salted]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fy|sâlt}}

==Old Norse==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*saltą}}.

====Noun====
{{non-noun|n}}

# {{l|en|salt}}

=====Declension=====
{{non-decl-n-a|salt|sǫlt}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|non|salta||to salt}}
* {{l|non|saltr||salty}}

=====Descendants=====
{{top2}}
* {{desc|is|salt}}
* {{desc|fo|salt}}
* {{desc|nrn|salt}}
* {{desc|nn|salt}}
* {{desc|nb|salt}}
* {{desc|gmq-osw|salt}}
** {{desc|sv|salt}}
* {{desc|gmq-oda|salt}}
** {{desc|da|salt}}
{{bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Adjective====
{{head|non|adjective form}}

# {{infl of|non|saltr|t=salty||str|n|nom//acc|s}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:non:Zoega}}

==Old Swedish==

===Etymology===
From {{der|gmq-osw|non|salt}}.

===Noun===
{{head|gmq-osw|noun|g=n}}

# [[salt#English|salt]]

====Declension====
{{gmq-osw-decl-noun-a-n|salt}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|sv|salt|g=c}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ro|la|saltus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/ˈsalt/}}

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|salturi}}

# [[leap]]
# [[saltation]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n|pl=salturi|def=saltul}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ro|sălta}}
* {{l|ro|săltare}}
* {{l|ro|săltat}}
* {{l|ro|săltăreț}}
* {{l|ro|săltător}}
* {{l|ro|săltătură}}

===Verb===
{{head|ro|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|ro|sălta||1s|pres|ind//sub}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/salt/}}
* {{audio|sv|Sv-salt.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|salter}}, from {{inh|sv|non|saltr}}, from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*saltaz}}, from {{der|sv|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}, {{m|ine-pro|*sáls}}.

====Adjective====
{{sv-adj}}

# [[salty]]
#: {{ant|sv|söt|q=of water}}
#: {{ux|sv|Soppan är för '''salt'''|The soup is too '''salty'''}}

=====Declension=====
{{sv-adj-reg|2=salt}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|salt}}, from {{inh|sv|non|salt}} (akin to Old Saxon {{m|osx|salt}}, Old High German {{m|goh|salz}}, Old Dutch ''salt'', Old English {{m|ang|sealt}}), from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*saltą}}, from {{der|sv|ine-pro|*seh₂l-|*séh₂l-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*séh₂ls}}. Compare Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian {{m|da|salt}}.

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|n}}

# {{l|en|salt}}
## {{lb|sv|uncountable}} [[sodium chloride]] (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
## {{lb|sv|chemistry}} One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-r|2=salte}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|sv|bordssalt}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|sv|bergsalt}}
* {{l|sv|havssalt}}
* {{l|sv|medelhavssalt}}
* {{l|sv|saltkar}}
* {{l|sv|saltlake}}
* {{l|sv|saltkristall}}
* {{l|sv|saltströare}}
* {{l|sv|saltstänkt}}
* {{l|sv|saltsyra}}
* {{l|sv|strö salt i såren||rub salt in the wounds}}
* {{l|sv|ta med en nypa salt||take with a grain of salt}}
* {{l|sv|vägsalt}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|sv|salta}}
* {{l|sv|sälta}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=alst|last|lats|stal|tals}}

{{C|sv|Spices and herbs}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{semantic loan|tl|en|as in}}, via an {{ubor|tl|en|salt|nocap=1}}, which is a {{calque|en|tl|asin|nocap=1|nocat=1}}, due to  [[homophony]] with {{ncog|en|as in}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|solt}}

===Interjection===
{{tl-head|interjection|b=solt}} {{tlb|tl|slang|dated}}

# {{n-g|mild intensifier}}: [[literally]]
#: {{ux|tl|Ang init ng araw, '''salt''' pare!|The sun is so hot, '''as in''' [HOT] bro!}}

====Usage notes====
* Usually used by younger generations, such as [[millennial]]s and [[Gen Z]], belonging to upper social classes, such as those proficient in both [[Taglish]] and [[Conyo]], especially around [[Metro Manila]].

==Turkish==

===Etymology===
From {{der|tr|trk-pro|*sal-|t=to unleash}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|/saɫt/}}

===Adverb===
{{tr-adv}}

# [[exclusively]], [[only]], [[just]], [[absolute]]
#: {{ux|tr|'''salt''' [[çoğunluk]]|'''absolute''' majority}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|tr|bir}}
* {{l|tr|sadece}}
* {{l|tr|sırf}}
* {{l|tr|tek}}
* {{l|tr|yalnız}}
* ''(absolute)'' {{l|tr|mutlak}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|tr|salmak}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|hy|սալթ|bor=1}} <!--move to Ottoman when created-->

====Further reading====
* {{R:tr:TDK}}