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saliva
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sal?va (“spittle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?-l??-v?, IPA(key): /s??la?v?/
- Hyphenation: sa?li?va
- Rhymes: -a?v?
Noun
saliva (countable and uncountable, plural salivas or salivae or salivæ)
- (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.
- Synonyms: spit, spittle
Derived terms
Related terms
- salivation
Translations
See also
- drool
- sputum
Anagrams
- Alavis, Avilas, Salvia, Slavia, Valais, avails, salvia
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin sal?va, attested from the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /s??li.v?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /s??li.b?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /sa?li.va/
Noun
saliva f (plural salives)
- saliva
Related terms
- salivar
References
Further reading
- “saliva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “saliva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “saliva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.li.va/
- Homophones: salivas, salivât
Verb
saliva
- third-person singular past historic of saliver
Anagrams
- lavais, valais, valsai
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?li.va/
- Hyphenation: sa?lì?va
Etymology 1
From Latin sal?va.
Noun
saliva f (plural salive)
- (physiology) saliva, spittle, spit
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
saliva
- third-person singular present indicative of salivare
- second-person singular imperative of salivare
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
saliva
- third-person singular imperfect indicative of salire
Anagrams
- lisava, salavi, salvai, salvia, vasali
Latin
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *solH- (compare Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, English sallow, Russian ???????? (solóvyj, “cream-colored”)). May alternatively be of independent expressive/onomatopoeic origin; compare Ancient Greek ?????? (síalon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa?li?.u?a/, [s?ä?li?u?ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa?li.va/, [s??li?v?]
Noun
sal?va f (genitive sal?vae); first declension
- spittle, saliva
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
- sal?v?
Descendants
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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin sal?va, probably borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?li.va/
Noun
saliva f (plural salivas)
- saliva, spittle (liquid secreted into the mouth)
Verb
saliva
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of salivar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of salivar
Romanian
Etymology 1
From French saliver, from Latin salivare.
Verb
a saliva (third-person singular present saliveaz?, past participle salivat) 1st conj.
- to salivate
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Noun
saliva f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of saliv?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?liba/, [sa?li.??a]
Etymology 1
From Latin sal?va, probably borrowed.
Noun
saliva f (plural salivas)
- saliva, spittle
Related terms
- salivar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
saliva
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of salivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of salivar.
Anagrams
- salvia
References
Further reading
- “saliva” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
saliva From the web:
- what salivary amylase breaks down
- what salivary gland produces amylase
- what salivary amylase is
- what saliva means
- what saliva contains
- what salivating means
- what salivary glands secrete
- what saliva does
slobbery
English
Etymology 1
slobber +? -y
Adjective
slobbery (comparative slobberier, superlative slobberiest)
- Wet and slimy, containing slobber, having the consistency of slobber.
- 2007, Elinor de Wire - The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses page xi
- He placed one paw on my right thigh and planted a slobbery dog kiss on my cheek.
- "Well! Make yourself at home, why don't you?" I joked.
- 2007, Elinor de Wire - The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses page xi
- Prone to produce an excess of saliva or slobber.
- 2004, Susan Johnson - The Broken Book page 25.
- My own lips are slobbery suckers, the bane of my life, the subject of teasing by Peggy Gordon, who has recently taken to calling me Lubra Lips.
- 2004, Susan Johnson - The Broken Book page 25.
Etymology 2
slob +? -ery
Noun
slobbery (uncountable)
- The behaviour or attitudes of a slob; slobbishness.
- 1981, Tom Cohan, Canary (page 319)
- Darrell Johns […] sat across from him in his plaid Sears wash-and-wear jacket, fast approaching Ruffino's sotted state of slobbery.
- 1981, Tom Cohan, Canary (page 319)
Anagrams
- lobbyers
slobbery From the web:
- what slobbery mean
- what does snobbery mean
- what do slobber means
- what rhymes with slobbery
- what is a slobbery person
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