salva

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsal.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsal.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsal.va]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

salva

1. feminine singular of salv

From Latin salva (“salute”).

salva f (plural salves)

1. salute, salvo, volley

• de salva

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

salva

1. inflection of salvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “salva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalva]

salva f

1. salvo
2. burst (of laughter, enthusiasm, applause, etc.)

• “salva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “salva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “salva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• sálva

From Danish salve, from Middle Low German salve, from Old Saxon salva, from Proto-Germanic *salbō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalva/
• Rhymes: -alva
• Homophone: salvað

salva f (genitive singular salvu, plural salvur)

1. ointment

salva (third person singular past indicative salvaði, third person plural past indicative salvað, supine salvað)

1. to annoint

Borrowed from Swedish salva, from Proto-Germanic *salbō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlʋɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sal‧va
• Hyphenation^(key): sal‧va

salva

1. salve, ointment

   Synonym: voide

• “salva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlʋɑˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lʋɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sal‧va
• Hyphenation^(key): sal‧va

salva

1. inflection of salvaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• Valas, valas

salva

1. inflection of salvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.va/^[1]
• Rhymes: -alva
• Hyphenation: sàl‧va

Borrowed from Spanish salva.^[2]

salva f (plural salve)

1. discharge of an unloaded gun, often for celebratory purposes; volley, salvo

   sparare a salve ― to fire blanks

2. loud collective manifestation of approval or disapproval; salvo, volley, storm

   Synonyms: bordata, coro

   una salva di applausi ― a salvo of cheers

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

salva

1. inflection of salvare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

salva

1. feminine singular of salvo

• slava, valsa

salva

1. inflection of salvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

salvā

1. ablative feminine singular of salvus

salvā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of salvō

• "salva", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “salva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from Sicilian sarvari and/or Italian salvare, both from Latin salvare.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.va/

salva (imperfect jsalva, past participle salvat)

1. to save, salvage, rescue

• salven

salva f sg

1. definite feminine singular of salve

salva f (definite singular salva, indefinite plural salver or salvor, definite plural salvene or salvone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of salve
2. definite singular of salve f

salva (present tense salvar, past tense salva, past participle salva, passive infinitive salvast, present participle salvande, imperative salva/salv)

1. alternative form of salve

• “salva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• avlas, las av, lavas, salva, savla, slava, svala, valsa, vasla

From Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō.

salva f

1. salve, ointment

• Middle Dutch: salve
  • Dutch: zalf
    • Afrikaans: salf
    • Negerhollands: salv
    • → Caribbean Javanese: salep
    • → Indonesian: salep

• “salva”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• Rhymes: -alvɐ, -awvɐ
• Hyphenation: sal‧va

From salvar (“to save”), from Old Galician-Portuguese salvar, from Latin salvāre (“to save”).

salva f (plural salvas)

1. salvo (salute paid by simultaneous firing of cannons)
2. (by extension) any noisy simultaneous salute

   salva de palmas.

   applause (“salvo of clapping”)

3. charger (large platter)

salva f sg

1. feminine singular of salvo

salva

1. inflection of salvar:
   1. short feminine singular past participle
   2. third-person singular present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative

From sálvia (“salvia”), from Latin salvia.

salva f (plural salvas)

1. (Portugal) sage

   Synonym: (Brazil) sálvia

Borrowed from Latin salvāre, Italian salvare. First attested in c. 1830.

• IPA^(key): /salˈva/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: sal‧va

a salva (third-person singular present salvează or (obsolete) salvă, past participle salvat) 1st conjugation (transitive)

1. to save (rescue) [with de ‘from’]

   Synonyms: (archaic) mântui, (informal) scăpa

2. (computing) to save

• salvamar
• salvamont
• salvare

• salvator

• “salva”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1986), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[2], volume 10, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 56

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalba/ [ˈsal.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -alba
• Syllabification: sal‧va

From salvo (“safe”). Original meaning "salute" (which was originally a wish for one's safety).

salva f (plural salvas)

1. (military) salvo, volley

salva f sg

1. feminine singular of salvo

salva

1. inflection of salvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “salva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

salva c

1. a salve, an ointment
2. shots fired (roughly) simultaneously (including figuratively); a volley, a salvo

   skrattsalvor

   bursts of laughter

• hudsalva

• salva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• salva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• salva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• slava, svala