"salutation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsæljuˈteɪʃən/, /ˌsæljəˈteɪʃən/ Forms: salutations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English salutacioun, from Old French salutacion, from Latin salutatio (“a greeting, a wishing health to”), from saluto (“wish one’s health, greet”), from salus (“well-being”). Compare the Latin greeting salve (literally “be well”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*solh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|salutacioun}} Middle English salutacioun, {{der|en|fro|salutacion}} Old French salutacion, {{der|en|la|salutatio||a greeting, a wishing health to}} Latin salutatio (“a greeting, a wishing health to”), {{m|la|saluto||wish one’s health, greet}} saluto (“wish one’s health, greet”), {{m|la|salus||well-being}} salus (“well-being”), {{m|la|salveo|salve|lit=be well}} salve (literally “be well”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} salutation (countable and uncountable, plural salutations)
  1. A greeting, salute, or address; a hello. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-salutation-en-noun-2E4tHjAG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 23 39
  2. The act of greeting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of greeting): բարև (barew) (Armenian), поздрав (pozdrav) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tervehdys (Finnish), tervehtiminen (Finnish), Begrüßung [feminine] (German), köszöntés (Hungarian), saluto (Italian), salūtātiō [feminine] (Latin), Gruss [masculine] (Plautdietsch), salut [neuter] (Romanian), salutare [feminine] (Romanian), приве́тствие (privétstvije) [neuter] (Russian), обраще́ние (obraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), fàilte [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pagbati (Tagalog), pagsaludo (Tagalog), pagpugay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-salutation-en-noun-wSOr8u~x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 23 39 Disambiguation of 'act of greeting': 23 75 2
  3. (obsolete) Quickening; excitement. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-salutation-en-noun-eq7PBM2w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 23 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: angelic salutation Related terms: valediction Translations (title): titteli (Finnish), titre [masculine] (French), Titel [masculine] (German), cím (Hungarian), ти́тул (títul) [masculine] (Russian), зва́ние (zvánije) [neuter] (Russian), titulo (Tagalog), pamagat (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'title': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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