saumâtre

From Old French saumastre, from Vulgar Latin *salmaster, alteration of Latin salmacidus (“salty and bitter”), from salgama (“salted pickle”) +‎ acidus (“bitter”). Doublet of saumache.

• IPA^(key): /so.matʁ/ ~ /so.mɑtʁ/

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saumâtre (plural saumâtres)

1. unpleasantly salty
2. (of water) brackish
3. (of a joke, an impression) nasty, unpleasant
4. (of character) bitter

• “saumâtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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