English Online Dictionary. What means salad? What does salad mean?
English
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Alternative forms
- sallet [16th–19th c.]
Etymology
From Middle English salade, from Old French salade, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”). Vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.
Pronunciation
- enPR: săʹləd IPA(key): /ˈsæləd/
- (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈsælɪd/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈsælɪt/
- Rhymes: -æləd
Noun
salad (countable and uncountable, plural salads)
- A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
- Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.
- Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.
- A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
- (idiomatic) Any varied blend or mixture.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- taramosalata
Descendants
- → Scottish Gaelic: sailead
- → Welsh: salad
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Aldas, Ladas, S.D. Ala., daals
Cebuano
Etymology
From English salad, borrowed from French salade, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata, from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧lad
Noun
salad
- salad
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French salade (“salad”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salad/
Noun
salad
- salad
Spanish
Verb
salad
- second-person plural imperative of salar
Welsh
Etymology
From English salad, from French salade.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsalad/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsa(ː)lad/
Noun
salad m (plural saladau, not mutable)
- salad
Derived terms
- salad ffrwythau (“fruit salad”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “salad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies