Meaning

1 senses

  1. (nonstandard)To salivate

Examples

17 sentences

  1. My mouth forms a lot of saliva.

    У моєму роті формується багато слини.

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  2. There's nobody whose saliva doesn't stink.

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  3. His mouth is filling with saliva.

    ruЕго рот наполняется слюной.

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  4. Her mouth is filling with saliva.

    ruЕё рот наполняется слюной.

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  5. The virus can be transmitted via saliva.

    ruВирус может передаваться через слюну.

    deDas Virus kann über den Speichel übertragen werden.

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Origin

A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle Englis

A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle English salive, salve (“saliva”), from the same Latin source. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow.

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Forms

salivas, salivaing, salivaed, salivaed
Base formsaliva · to saliva
3rd person singularsalivas
Present participlesalivaing
Past simplesalivaed
Past participlesalivaed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysaliva
he, she, itsalivas

Past simpleLesson

all personssalivaed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave salivaed
he, she, ithas salivaed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill saliva

Word family

2 related words
Relateddroolsputum

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
salientsalinesalivateC1sallow
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