salut

See also: Salut, salüt, salût, and салют

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈlut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈlut]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan salut, from Latin salūtem, related to salvus (“safe”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).

Noun

salut f (plural saluts)

1. health

Related terms

• saludar

Interjection

salut

1. (to your) health! (a general toast)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from saludar.

Noun

salut m (plural saluts)

1. greeting

References

• “salut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “salut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “salut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “salut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French salut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salut/, [saˈlud̥]

Noun

salut

1. salute
2. tirade (long, angry or violent speech)

Inflection

Declension of salut

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	salut	salutten	salutter	salutterne
genitive	saluts	saluttens	salutters	salutternes

Derived terms

• salutere

Further reading

• salut on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French salut, salu, from Latin salūtem, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ly/

• Audio; “le salut”:

  (file)

Interjection

salut

1. (informal) hi, hello

   Salut toi. Ça fait un bail, comment ça va?

   Hi. It's been a while, how are you?

2. (informal) bye, goodbye

Noun

salut m (plural saluts)

1. wave (of the hand)
2. bow (inclination of the body)
3. (religion) salvation

Derived terms

• à bon entendeur salut
• saluer
• salutaire

Further reading

• “salut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• talus

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch saluut, from Latin salūtō (“to greet; to wish health to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalʊt]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lut

Noun

salut

1. salute, an utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, now especially a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions

   Synonyms: hormat, penghormatan

Further reading

• “salut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sarut (cf. Bikol Central sarot, Cebuano salot).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧lut

Noun

sálut

1. disease

   Synonym: sakit

2. epidemic

Norman

Etymology

From Old French salut, from Latin salūs, salūtem.

Noun

salut m (plural saluts)

1. (Jersey, religion) salvation

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salūtō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lut/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alut
• Syllabification: sa‧lut

Noun

salut m inan

1. salute (formal gesture)
2. (military) salute (discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect)

Declension

Declension of salut

	singular	plural
nominative	salut	saluty
genitive	salutu	salutów
dative	salutowi	salutom
accusative	salut	saluty
instrumental	salutem	salutami
locative	salucie	salutach
vocative	salucie	saluty

Derived terms

verbs

• salutować impf
• zasalutować pf

 

Further reading

• salut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• salut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlut/
• Rhymes: -ut
• Hyphenation: sa‧lut

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French salut, derived from Latin salūs. Doublet of săruta.

First attested in c. 1832.

Interjection

salut!

1. hello! greetings!

Noun

salut n (plural saluturi)

1. greeting, salutation

Declension

Declension of salut

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) salut	salutul	(niște) saluturi	saluturile
genitive/dative	(unui) salut	salutului	(unor) saluturi	saluturilor
vocative	salutule		saluturilor

See also

• saluta

Verb

salut

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of saluta

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin salūs.

Noun

salut n (plural saluturi) (archaic, literary, rare)

1. happiness, wellness, prosperity

Declension

Declension of salut

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) salut	salutul	(niște) saluturi	saluturile
genitive/dative	(unui) salut	salutului	(unor) saluturi	saluturilor
vocative	salutule		saluturilor

Alternative forms

• salută
• salute

References

• salut in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)