salutation
English
Etymology
From Middle English salutacioun, from Old French salutacion, from Latin salutatio (“a greeting, a wishing health to”), from saluto (“wish one’s health, greet”), from salus (“well-being”). Compare the Latin greeting salve (literally “be well”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsæljuˈteɪʃən/, /ˌsæljəˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: sal‧u‧ta‧tion
Noun
salutation (countable and uncountable, plural salutations)
- A greeting, salute, or address; a hello.
- The act of greeting.
- 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, OCLC 37805775, page 550:
- Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a.
Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful […]
Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj.
A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.
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- (obsolete) Quickening; excitement.
Derived terms
- angelic salutation
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *solh₂- (0 c, 24 e)
Translations
greeting — see greeting
act of greeting
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See also
- valediction
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin salutatio, salutationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ly.ta.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
salutation f (plural salutations)
- greeting
- (letter-writing) valediction, complimentary close
Related terms
- salutaire
- saluer
Further reading
- “salutation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.