saline

See also: Saline

English

Etymology

From Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.laɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈseɪliːn/

Adjective

saline (comparative more saline, superlative most saline)

  1. Containing salt; salty.
  2. Resembling salt.
    a saline taste

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Noun

saline (countable and uncountable, plural salines)

  1. Water containing dissolved salt.
  2. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

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Translations
solution — see saline solution

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.lin/

Adjective

saline

  1. feminine singular of salin

Italian

Adjective

saline

  1. feminine plural of salino

Noun

saline f pl

  1. plural of salina

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