salve

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.

Verb

1. (transitive) To calm or assuage.
2. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
3. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
4. (dated) To salvage.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
2. (obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
3. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.

Intj

Hail; a greeting.

Verb

To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.

Concepts

pommade

baume

onguent

sauver

crème

soulagement

soulager

alléger

onction

apaiser

calmer

économiser

épargner

Synonymes

ointment

unguent

balm

salvage

save

liniment

unction

plaster

balsam

relieve

rescue

annoint

lotion

paint

polish

🇵🇱

relief

remedy

solace

treat

deliver from

lip salve

medicine

💊

anoint

healing ointment

bail

cerate

comfort

consolation

cream

cure

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

embrocation

grease

heal

medicament

oil

Traductions

unguento

ungüento

pomata

Salbe

pomada

ungüento

balsamo

αλοιφή

salvare

zalf

bálsamo

balsem

ungüent

bàlsam

unguentum

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɑːv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: salve

Hérité de ancien anglais: sealf

Appartenant à Middle Low German: salve

Appartenant à danois: salve

Appartenant à néerlandais: zalf

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: salba

Appartenant à allemand: Salbe

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃

Appartenant à albanais: gjalpë

Appartenant à sanskrit: सर्पिस्

Appartenant à grec ancien: ἔλπος

Hérité de ancien anglais: sealfian

In summary

From Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō, from Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”).
Cognates
Cognate with Middle Low German salve (Danish salve, Dutch zalf), Old High German salba (German Salbe), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 (salbōns), Albanian gjalpë (“butter”), Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).