different between salmagundi vs salmi

English

Alternative forms

• salmagundy
• solomongundy
• Solomon Gundy

Etymology

From French salmigondis (“seasoned salt meats”), from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene (“hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine”), from Old French salemine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sal.m????n.di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sæl.m????n.di/

Noun

salmagundi (plural salmagundis)

1. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
2. Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 544:

     Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage, which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms.

Synonyms

• (mixture of various ingredients): miscellany, olio, potpourri

References

• salmagundi in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

French salmis, from Italian salame, from sale (“salt”).

Noun

salmi (plural salmis)

1. (rare) A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.

Related terms

• salmagundi

Translations

Anagrams

• Islam, Salim, Simla, Smail, alims, limas, mails, malis, misal, simal, smail

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *salmi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *?olma. Cognates include Northern Sami ?oalbmi (“narrow in lake”), Skolt Sami ?uä?lmm (“sound, narrows”) and possibly Udmurt ??? (sjum, “bay, cove”). Finnish dialectal jolma is a Saami loan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?lmi/, [?s??lmi]
• Rhymes: -?lmi
• Syllabification: sal?mi

Noun

salmi

1. strait, sound, narrows, inlet (relatively narrow passage of water)

Declension

References

Anagrams

• islam, limsa

Ingrian

Noun

salmi

1. port

Italian

Noun

salmi m

1. plural of salmo

Latvian

Noun

salmi m (1st declension)

1. straw
2. haulm
3. reed

Declension

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *salmi.

Noun

salmi (genitive salmii, partitive [please provide])

1. bay, inlet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• "salmi" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat