"salt cellar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: salt cellars [plural]
Etymology: From salt + cellar, from 15th Century Middle English saler, from Middle French salier, from Latin salārius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”). Modified based on originally unrelated English cellar. Etymology templates: {{af|en|salt|cellar}} salt + cellar, {{der|en|enm|saler}} Middle English saler, {{der|en|frm|salier}} Middle French salier, {{der|en|la|salārius||relating to salt}} Latin salārius (“relating to salt”), {{der|en|la|sāl||salt}} Latin sāl (“salt”), {{cog|en|cellar}} English cellar Head templates: {{en-noun}} salt cellar (plural salt cellars)
  1. A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.
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  2. (UK) Synonym of salt shaker (“a closed container with perforated lid for sprinkling salt”) Tags: UK Categories (topical): Containers, Kitchenware, Salt Synonyms: salt shaker [synonym, synonym-of]
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: salt [obsolete], saltcellar, salt-cellar Translations: աղաման (aġaman) (Armenian), sãrãtor [masculine] (Aromanian), duzqabı (Azerbaijani), gatzontzi (Basque), со́лница (sólnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), saler [masculine] (Catalan), 鹽瓶 /盐瓶 (yán píng) (Chinese Mandarin), solnička [feminine] (Czech), slánka [feminine] (Czech), zoutvat (Dutch), suolasirotin (Finnish), salière [feminine] (French), saleiro [masculine] (Galician), cacifo [masculine] (Galician), Salzfässchen [neuter] (German), Salzstreuer [masculine] (German), αλατιέρα (alatiéra) [feminine] (Greek), sótartó (Hungarian), saliera [feminine] (Italian), 塩入れ (shioire) (alt: しおいれ) (Japanese), 소금통 (sogeumtong) (Korean), Salzdëppchen [neuter] (Luxembourgish), соларник (solarnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), kishtey ry hoi sollan [masculine] (Manx), kishtey sollan [masculine] (Manx), saliéthe [feminine] (Norman), طوزلق (tuzluk) (Ottoman Turkish), نمکدان (namakdân) (Persian), solniczka [feminine] (Polish), saleiro [masculine] (Portuguese), solniță [feminine] (Romanian), sărăriță [feminine] (Romanian), соло́нка (solónka) [feminine] (Russian), сланик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), соланик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тузлук [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), slanik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), solanik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tuzluk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), soľnička (Slovak), salero [masculine] (Spanish), saltkar [neuter] (Swedish), tuzluk (Turkish), сільни́чка (silʹnýčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), saliär (Volapük)

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      "word": "saliär"
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}

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