"saline" meaning in English

See saline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈseɪ.laɪn/ [UK], /ˈseɪliːn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-saline.wav Forms: more saline [comparative], most saline [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|salyne}} Middle English salyne, {{der|en|ML.|salīna}} Medieval Latin salīna, {{der|en|frm|salin}} Middle French salin, {{der|en|la|sal||salt}} Latin sal (“salt”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} saline (comparative more saline, superlative most saline)
  1. Containing salt; salty. Translations (salty): солен (solen) (Bulgarian), salí (Catalan), solný (Czech), slaný (Czech), suolainen (Finnish), salin (French), salino (Galician), salzhaltig (German), αλατούχος (alatoúchos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), αλατώδης (alatódis) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), salanda (Irish), salino (Italian), saltholdig (Norwegian Bokmål), salthaldig (Norwegian Nynorsk), شور (šur) (Persian), słony [masculine] (Polish), zasolony [masculine] (Polish), salino (Portuguese), salin (Romanian), соляно́й (soljanój) (Russian), солево́й (solevój) (Russian), солёный (soljónyj) (english: salty) (Russian), salino (Spanish), salífero [masculine] (Spanish), salthaltig (Swedish), tuzlu (Turkish), соло́ний (solónyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-saline-en-adj-dj-SU7eq Disambiguation of 'salty': 94 6
  2. Resembling salt.
    Sense id: en-saline-en-adj-P~44R0QB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈseɪ.laɪn/ [UK], /ˈseɪliːn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-saline.wav Forms: salines [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|salyne}} Middle English salyne, {{der|en|ML.|salīna}} Medieval Latin salīna, {{der|en|frm|salin}} Middle French salin, {{der|en|la|sal||salt}} Latin sal (“salt”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} saline (countable and uncountable, plural salines)
  1. Water containing dissolved salt. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (water containing dissolved salt): saline solution
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  2. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-saline-en-noun-AAvmhyZ7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: normal saline, saline flush

Inflected forms

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      "word": "desalinise"
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    {
      "word": "desalinize"
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    {
      "word": "eurysaline"
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    {
      "word": "halosaline"
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    {
      "word": "hydrosaline"
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    {
      "word": "hypersaline"
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    {
      "word": "hyposaline"
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    {
      "word": "isosaline"
    },
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      "word": "mesosaline"
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      "word": "nonsaline"
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    {
      "word": "oligosaline"
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    {
      "word": "phosphosaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "salinate"
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    {
      "word": "Saline County"
    },
    {
      "word": "salinely"
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      "word": "salineness"
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      "word": "salinification"
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      "word": "saliniform"
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      "word": "salinization"
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      "word": "salinize"
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      "word": "salinometer"
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    {
      "word": "salino-terrene"
    },
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      "word": "semisaline"
    },
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      "word": "subsaline"
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    {
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      "word": "thermosalinograph"
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      "word": "unsaline"
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      "form": "more saline",
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      "ipa": "/ˈseɪliːn/",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "solen",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "солен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "solný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "slaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "suolainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salino"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salzhaltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "salty",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alatódis",
      "sense": "salty",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αλατώδης"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salanda"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salino"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "saltholdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "salty",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šur",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "شور"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "salty",
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      "word": "słony"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "salty",
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      "word": "zasolony"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salin"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soljanój",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "соляно́й"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "solevój",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "солево́й"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "salty",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "солёный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "salty",
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      "word": "salífero"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "salthaltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "tuzlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "solónyj",
      "sense": "salty",
      "word": "соло́ний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saline"
}

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    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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      "word": "normal saline"
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    {
      "word": "saline flush"
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "form": "salines",
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        "Water containing dissolved salt."
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      "glosses": [
        "A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth."
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      "ipa": "/ˈseɪ.laɪn/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈseɪliːn/",
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      "sense": "water containing dissolved salt",
      "word": "saline solution"
    }
  ],
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}

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