saliva
A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and…A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.
» My mouth forms a lot of saliva.
У моєму роті формується багато слини. — deniko
bluepie88 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.
Speichel
слюна́sljuná, слю́нкаsljúnka
сли́наslýna
a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Examples
17 sentencesMy mouth forms a lot of saliva.
У моєму роті формується багато слини. — deniko
There's nobody whose saliva doesn't stink.
His mouth is filling with saliva.
ruЕго рот наполняется слюной. — marafon
Her mouth is filling with saliva.
ruЕё рот наполняется слюной. — marafon
The virus can be transmitted via saliva.
ruВирус может передаваться через слюну. — Wezel
deDas Virus kann über den Speichel übertragen werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle EnglisA 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
plural: salivas / salivaeSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.