See sault on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Aphetic form of assault.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "saults",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sault (plural saults)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Assault."
],
"id": "en-sault-en-noun-2B3dMHNe",
"links": [
[
"Assault",
"assault"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Assault."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɔːlt/"
},
{
"homophone": "salt"
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "sault"
},
"expansion": "Middle French sault",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "sault"
},
"expansion": "French sault",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "saut",
"3": "",
"4": "jump"
},
"expansion": "French saut (“jump”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "saltus"
},
"expansion": "Latin saltus",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "In the sense \"jump (made by a horse)\", from Middle French sault, saut (and in the sense \"waterfall\", from that word's Colonial-era descendant, 17th-century French sault, corresponding to modern French saut (“jump”)), from Latin saltus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "saults",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sault (plural saults)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse."
],
"id": "en-sault-en-noun-QuSSVhSI",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Canadian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "3 15 81",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 7 29 11 1 31 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 8 89",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Waterfalls",
"orig": "en:Waterfalls",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A waterfall; a rapid."
],
"id": "en-sault-en-noun-MQsO0TBH",
"links": [
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"waterfall",
"waterfall"
],
[
"rapid",
"rapid#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Canada, US) A waterfall; a rapid."
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "so͞o",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/suː/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "saults",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "sault m (plural saults)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "saut"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 7 29 11 1 31 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 4 16 56 2 7 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 3 13 54 1 6 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"archaic form of saut"
],
"id": "en-sault-fr-noun-TGxs1csP",
"links": [
[
"saut",
"saut#French"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"archaic",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "saulz",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"10": "{{{f}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{f}}}s",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "saulz",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "sault m (plural saulz)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "saulz"
},
"expansion": "sault m (plural saulz)",
"name": "frm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "saulter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "waterfall",
"word": "chutes"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "rapids",
"word": "rapides"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"jump"
],
"id": "en-sault-frm-noun-a9r1VOQg",
"links": [
[
"jump",
"jump"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 7 29 11 1 31 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"waterfall"
],
"id": "en-sault-frm-noun-PLViyJcV",
"links": [
[
"waterfall",
"waterfall"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 7 29 11 1 31 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"rapids on a watercourse"
],
"id": "en-sault-frm-noun-JetC78Q2",
"links": [
[
"rapids",
"rapids"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms with homophones",
"Middle French countable nouns",
"Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle French lemmas",
"Middle French masculine nouns",
"Middle French nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/uː",
"Rhymes:English/uː/1 syllable",
"en:Waterfalls"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Aphetic form of assault.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "saults",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sault (plural saults)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Assault."
],
"links": [
[
"Assault",
"assault"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Assault."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɔːlt/"
},
{
"homophone": "salt"
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"Middle French countable nouns",
"Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle French lemmas",
"Middle French masculine nouns",
"Middle French nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/uː",
"Rhymes:English/uː/1 syllable",
"en:Waterfalls"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "sault"
},
"expansion": "Middle French sault",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "sault"
},
"expansion": "French sault",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "saut",
"3": "",
"4": "jump"
},
"expansion": "French saut (“jump”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "saltus"
},
"expansion": "Latin saltus",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "In the sense \"jump (made by a horse)\", from Middle French sault, saut (and in the sense \"waterfall\", from that word's Colonial-era descendant, 17th-century French sault, corresponding to modern French saut (“jump”)), from Latin saltus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "saults",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sault (plural saults)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Canadian English"
],
"glosses": [
"A waterfall; a rapid."
],
"links": [
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"waterfall",
"waterfall"
],
[
"rapid",
"rapid#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Canada, US) A waterfall; a rapid."
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "so͞o",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/suː/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle French countable nouns",
"Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle French lemmas",
"Middle French masculine nouns",
"Middle French nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "saults",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "sault m (plural saults)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "saut"
}
],
"categories": [
"French archaic forms",
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"archaic form of saut"
],
"links": [
[
"saut",
"saut#French"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"archaic",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle French countable nouns",
"Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle French lemmas",
"Middle French masculine nouns",
"Middle French nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "saulz",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"10": "{{{f}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{f}}}s",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "saulz",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "sault m (plural saulz)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "saulz"
},
"expansion": "sault m (plural saulz)",
"name": "frm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "saulter"
},
{
"english": "waterfall",
"word": "chutes"
},
{
"english": "rapids",
"word": "rapides"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"jump"
],
"links": [
[
"jump",
"jump"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"waterfall"
],
"links": [
[
"waterfall",
"waterfall"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"rapids on a watercourse"
],
"links": [
[
"rapids",
"rapids"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "sault"
}
Download raw JSONL data for sault meaning in All languages combined (5.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-20 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.