salvage
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situationThe rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
» Were you able to salvage anything?
Hast du etwas retten können?
Habt ihr etwas retten können?
Haben Sie etwas retten können?
Вам удалось что-нибудь спасти?
Тебе удалось что-нибудь спасти?
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
Bergung
спасе́ниеspasénije, спаса́ниеspasánije
the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
(countable, uncountable)The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
Geborgene, Bergegut
(countable, uncountable)The compensation paid to the rescuers.
Bergelohn
(countable, uncountable)The money from the sale of rescued goods.
(countable, uncountable)The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
(countable, uncountable)The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled.
(attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable)Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
salvage cars auction
B-Ware, C-Ware
(Philippines)Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.
Examples
32 sentencesWere you able to salvage anything?
ruВам удалось что-нибудь спасти?
deHast du etwas retten können?
I think that's an illegal salvage operation.
We were able to salvage some things.
ruКое-что нам удалось спасти.
There's no hope in salvaging anything here.
I hope we can salvage the situation.
ruНадеюсь, мы сможем спасти ситуацию.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
Origin
From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“toFrom Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.
Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).
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Forms
plural: salvagesWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable