saline

From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.laɪn/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.lin/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsæɪ.lɑɪn/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsæɪ.laɪn/

saline (comparative more saline, superlative most saline)

1. Containing salt; salty.
2. Resembling salt.

   a saline taste

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.

• (water containing dissolved salt): saline solution

• normal saline
• saline flush

• A-lines, Selina, aliens, alines, laines, lianes, lisena, silane, slaine

• IPA^(key): /sa.lin/

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saline

1. feminine singular of salin

• IPA^(key): /saˈli.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: sa‧lì‧ne

saline f pl

1. feminine plural of salino

saline f pl

1. plural of salina

• Lesina, lesina

saline

1. inflection of salinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative