FromMiddle English salve Old English sealf Proto-West Germanic *salbu Proto-Germanic *salbō Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂ , from*selp- ( “ salve, ointment ” ) .
salve (countable anduncountable plural salves
Anointment ,cream , orbalm with soothing,healing , orcalming effects. Any remedy or action thatsoothes or heals. ointment, cream or balm
Arabic:مَرْهَم m ( marham ) ,زَبْدَة f ( zabda ) ,بَلْسَم m ( balsam ) Catalan:ungüent m pomada (ca) f bàlsam (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:藥膏 / 药膏 (zh) ( yàogāo ) ,軟膏 / 软膏 (zh) ( ruǎngāo ) Cornish:eli Dutch:zalf (nl) m or f Esperanto:ungvento Finnish:voide (fi) ,salva (fi) ,balsami (fi) French:onguent (fr) m pommade (fr) f baume (fr) m German:Salbe (de) f Balsam (de) m Gothic:𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 f ( salbōns ) Greek:αλοιφή (el) f ( aloifí ) Hebrew:מִשְׁחָה (he) ( mishkha ) ,צֳרִי (he) f ( tsori ) Indonesian:salep (id) ,balsem (id) Ingrian:voije maazi Irish:ungadh m Italian:unguento (it) m balsamo (it) m pomata (it) f Japanese:軟膏 (ja) ( なんこう, nankō ) Kannada:ಹಚ್ಚುಮದ್ದು (kn) ( haccumaddu ) Korean:연고 ( yeon'go ) Latvian:ziede f svaide f Luxembourgish:Sallef f Macedonian:мелем (mk) m ( melem ) Maori:rongoā maene Norwegian:Bokmål:salve (no) m or f Nynorsk:salve m or f Ottoman Turkish:مرهم ( merhem ) Plautdietsch:Saulw f Portuguese:pomada (pt) f Russian:бальза́м (ru) m ( balʹzám ) ,мазь (ru) f ( mazʹ ) Spanish:ungüento (es) m pomada (es) f bálsamo (es) m Tocharian B:laupe ṣalype Turkish:merhem (tr) Ukrainian:бальза́м (uk) m ( balʹzám ) ,мазь f ( mazʹ ) Volapük:nugvet (vo) Welsh:eli (cy) m Yiddish:זאַלב m ( zalb )
something that soothes or heals
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FromOld English sealfian Proto-West Germanic *salbōn Proto-Germanic *salbōną *salbō salve ( noun ) ).
salve (third-person singular simple present salves present participle salving simple past and past participle salved
( transitive ) calm orassuage .1985 Share House Blues , Boolarong Publications, page26 :She feels guilty for pampering him, andsalves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.]
To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; toanoint .c. 1597 William Shakespeare , “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, [ … ] ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals) :I do beseech your majesty[ …] salve the long-grown wounds of my intemperance."
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good. ( dated ) salvage .1942 Railway Magazine , page90 :The interior woodwork was largelysalved from the two cars, as well as the majority of the fittings and seats.
FromLatin salvō ( “ to save ” ) .
salve (third-person singular simple present salves present participle salving simple past and past participle salved
( obsolete , astronomy ) save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (acelestial phenomenon ); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).( obsolete ) refute (an objection); toharmonize (an apparent contradiction).( obsolete ) mitigate ; to excuse.FromLatin salvē
salve
Hail ; a greeting.salve (third-person singular simple present salves present participle salving simple past and past participle salved
( transitive ) greet ; tosalute .1590 Edmund Spenser , “Book II, Canto VIII”, inThe Faerie Queene. [ … ] [ … ] [John Wolfe ] forWilliam Ponsonbie ,→OCLC page297 :By this that ſtraunger knight in preſence came, / And goodlyſalued them; who nought againe / Him anſwered, as courteſie became, / But with ſterne lookes, and ſtomachous diſdaine, / Gaue ſignes of grudge and diſcontentment vaine:[ …]
avels evals selva Laves Elvas Veals 'alves slave Slavé Alves Selva Levas laves vales veals valse Slave FromMiddle Low German salve Old Saxon salva Proto-West Germanic *salbu
salve c singular definite salven plural indefinite salver
ointment (a thick viscous preparation for application to the skin, often containing medication)FromFrench salve Latin salvē ( “ hail!, welcome!, farewell! ” ) .
salve c singular definite salven plural indefinite salver
salvo volley burst tirade FromMiddle Low German salven Old Saxon salbon Proto-West Germanic *salbōn ( “ to anoint ” ) .
salve (imperative salv infinitive atsalve ,present tense salver past tense salvede perfect tense er/harsalvet )
anoint Borrowed fromItalian salva
salve f plural salves
salvo ,volley of shotsround unesalve d’applaudissements Around of applause salve
inflection ofsalvar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative Borrowed fromLatin salvē
salve
( formal ) hello !;hi !;hail !Synonym: ciao ( colloquial ) greetings salve1 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaSee the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
salve
feminine plural ofsalvo See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
salve f
plural ofsalva Imperative of the verbsalveō
salvē
hail !,hello !,welcome !farewell !This is the singular form. When greeting a group,salvēte “salve Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary “salve Charlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "salve ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis “salve Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers From the oblique forms ofOld English sealf Proto-West Germanic *salbu Proto-Germanic *salbō
salve plural salves
Asalve curative ointment . Aremedy ,cure , ordeliverance . Anyointment orbalm . salve
Alternative form ofsauf salve
Alternative form ofsauf salve
Alternative form ofself salve
Alternative form ofsalven salve
Alternative form ofsaven FromMiddle Low German salve Latin salve
salve f or m definite singular salva or salven indefinite plural salver definite plural salvene
ointment ,salve salvo ,volley , a number of explosive charges all detonated at once when blasting rock.FromMiddle Low German salve
salve m or f definite singular salven or salva indefinite plural salvar or salver definite plural salvane or salvene
ointment ,salve salve (present tense salvar past tense salva past participle salva passive infinitive salvast present participle salvande imperative salve /salv
( transitive ) anoint FromLatin salve
salve m or f definite singular salven or salva indefinite plural salvar or salver definite plural salvane or salvene
salvo ,volley , a number of explosive charges all detonated at once when blasting rock.Salve evlas levas salve savle svale svela valse vasle vesal vesla
FromLatin salvē ( “ hail ” ) .
salve!
( poetic ) hail !Synonym: saudações ( colloquial ) greetings ,hi Synonyms: saudações olá fala aí salve m plural salves
( colloquial ) shout out 2020 September 5, SECOM, “Um salve à luta das mulheres indígenas no mundo todo”, inCONAFER [1] the original on2023-09-03 :Por isso, umsalve a todas as guerreiras, sábias, anciãs, jovens, caciques, pajés, mulheres indígenas que resistem e defendem o bem-estar do seu povo. So, ashout out to all warrior, wise, old, young, chief, shaman, indigenous women that resist and defend their people's well-being. See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
salve
inflection ofsalvar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative Borrowed fromLatin salvē
salve
welcome !,greetings !,cheerio !so long !,bye-bye !IPA (key ) : /ˈsalbe/ [ˈsal.β̞e] Rhymes:-albe Syllabification:sal‧ve Borrowed fromLatin salvē ( “ hail, hello ” ) .
salve
( archaic ) hello ( poetic ) hail salve
inflection ofsalvar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative 
