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brackish
English
Etymology
From Scottish brack (from Dutch brak (“brackish”)) +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?æk??/
Adjective
brackish (comparative more brackish, superlative most brackish)
- (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- ...by a low cour?e and too long ?porting with the briny Ocean it ta?ts bracki?h and in?alubrious...
- 1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.
- On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House.
- The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Repulsive (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- brackishly
- brackishness
Translations
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saline
English
Etymology
From Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?se?.la?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?se?li?n/
Adjective
saline (comparative more saline, superlative most saline)
- Containing salt; salty.
- Resembling salt.
- a saline taste
Derived terms
- Saline County
Translations
Noun
saline (countable and uncountable, plural salines)
- Water containing dissolved salt.
- A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
Synonyms
- (water containing dissolved salt): saline solution
Derived terms
- normal saline
Translations
Anagrams
- A-lines, Selina, aliens, alines, laines, lianes, lisena, silane, slaine
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.lin/
Adjective
saline
- feminine singular of salin
Italian
Adjective
saline
- feminine plural of salino
Noun
saline f pl
- plural of salina
Anagrams
- lesina
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