Meaning

6 senses
  1. Tasting of salt.

    salzig

    солёныйsoljónyj

    со́ленийsólenyj, соло́нийsolónyj

    containing or filled with salt

  2. Containing salt.

    gesalzen, salzhaltig, salzig

    солёныйsoljónyj, соляно́йsoljanój

  3. (figuratively)Coarse; provocative; earthy.

    ungehobelt, rüde, prollig

    солёныйsoljónyj

    engagingly stimulating or provocative

  4. (figuratively)Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).

    wettergegerbt

    быва́лыйbyvályj

  5. (slang)Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter.

  6. Pertaining to the Sardinian language and those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse (“self”) instead of the Latin ille (“that”).

Examples

121 sentences
  1. This soup is too salty to eat.

    Цей суп засолоний для того, щоб його їсти. — deniko

    ruЭтот суп слишком солёный, чтобы его есть. — Biga

    deDie Suppe hier ist zum Essen zu salzig. — raggione

  2. You can't drink seawater because it's too salty.

    Не можна пити морську воду, бо вона занадто солона. — aandrusiak

    ruМорскую воду невозможно пить, потому что она слишком солёная. — vilnat

    deMan kann kein Meerwasser trinken, weil es zu salzig ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. This food is too salty.

    Ця їжа занадто солона. — deniko

    ruЭта еда слишком соленая. — afyodor

    deDieses Essen ist zu salzig. — Wolf

  4. Is it too salty?

    Засолоне? — deniko

    ruСлишком солёное? — marafon

    deIst es versalzen? — raggione

  5. Why are tears salty?

    Чому сльози солоні? — deniko

    ruПочему слёзы солёные? — Fin

    deWarum sind Tränen salzig? — mervert1

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tasting of salt:
Русский
By meaning 3
tasting of salt:
containing salt:
experienced:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
tasting of salt:
containing salt:
of language: coarse, provocative:
experienced:

Forms

saltier, saltiest
Comparativesaltier Lesson
Superlativesaltiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • engagingly stimulating or provocative:piquant

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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