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salt Meaning in French (salt signification en français)

nounsel
verbsaler
Synonymes:chlorure de sodiumcondiment
sel in English:salt
Phonetic:sɛl
Plural: salts
Gender:Masculin
Quick Answer • En bref

La signification de salt en français est sel, saler. (Substance cristalline blanche, le chlorure de sodium, utilisée pour assaisonner et conserver les aliments.)

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Definitions of Salt

  1. 1
    noun
    sel

    Salt is a white crystalline substance, sodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food.

    Substance cristalline blanche, le chlorure de sodium, utilisée pour assaisonner et conserver les aliments.

  2. 2
    verb
    saler

    To salt something means to add salt to it, especially to season or preserve food.

    Saler quelque chose signifie y ajouter du sel, en particulier pour assaisonner ou conserver les aliments.

Example Sentences

“Please pass the salt.”

Veuillez me passer le sel.

“She forgot to salt the pasta water.”

Elle a oublié de saler l'eau des pâtes.

“Too much salt is bad for your health.”

Trop de sel est mauvais pour la santé.

Synonyms (Synonymes)

In French:

chlorure de sodiumcondiment

In English:

sodium chloridecondiment

Antonyms (Antonymes)

In French:

désalage

In English:

Inflected Word Forms

present participlesalting
nounsaltiness
adjectivesalted
adjectivesalty

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

salt of the earthidiom

A very good, honest, and reliable person or group of people.

take with a grain of saltidiom

To not completely believe something; to be skeptical.

rub salt in the woundidiom

To make someone's pain or suffering worse.