Dictionary Definition
salty adj
1 engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a
piquant wit"; "salty language" [syn: piquant]
2 containing salt; "a saline solution"; "salty
tears" [syn: saline]
3 one of the four basic taste sensations; like
the taste of sea water [syn: salt] [also: saltiest, saltier]
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Translations
- Chinese Characters: 鹺, 鹾
- Dutch: zout (1,2)
- Finnish: suolainen
- French: salé , salée (1,2,3)
- German: salzig
- Indonesian: asin
- Interlingua: salate
- Italian: salato (1,2)
- Japanese: 塩っぽい shioppoi (1)
- Polish: słony , słona , słone
- Norwegian: salt
- Portuguese: salgado , salgada
- Romanian: sărat , sărată
- Russian: солёный (sol'ónyj) (1-3)
- Slovak: slaný , slaná , slané (1, 2); pikantný , pikantná , pikantné ''n' (3)
- Spanish: salado , salada
- Swedish: salt
- Telugu: ఉప్పు (uppu)