different between impregnate vs salse

English

Etymology

Earlier impregn, from Middle French imprégner, from Old French enpreignier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p???ne?t/

Verb

impregnate (third-person singular simple present impregnates, present participle impregnating, simple past and past participle impregnated)

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

   Synonyms: knock up, inseminate, cover (of animals)

2. (transitive) To fertilize.
3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
   • 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent (page 121)

     It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.

5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

Translations

See also

• conceive
• sire
• father

Anagrams

• permeating, rimegepant

Italian

Verb

impregnate

1. second-person plural present of impregnare
2. second-person plural imperative of impregnare
3. feminine plural of the past participle of impregnare

Anagrams

• pigmentare, pigmenterà, pigramente

English

Etymology

French

Noun

salse (plural salses)

1. A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts.

Anagrams

• LSASE, SEALs, Sales, Seals, assle, lases, sales, seals

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?salse/

Verb

salse

1. to salt

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Italian

Adjective

salse

1. feminine plural of salso

Anagrams

• lasse, lessa

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

sals? (comparative salsius, superlative salsissim?)

1. wittily

Etymology 2

Adjective

salse

1. vocative masculine singular of salsus

References

• salse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• salse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

salse

1. Alternative form of sauce

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German salzen, Dutch zouten, English salt.

Verb

salse

1. to salt