saltwater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of salt water.
adj
  1. New Keynesian or Keynesian, in reference to macroeconomics and economics departments on the East Coast and West Coast of the United States of America.
name
  1. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-saltwater.wav

Word forms

saltwater saltwaters

Etymology

From Middle English saltwater, salte water, equivalent to salt + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Soaltwoater (“saltwater”), West Frisian sâltwetter (“saltwater”), Dutch zoutwater (“saltwater”), German Low German Soltwater (“saltwater”), German Salzwasser (“saltwater”), Danish saltvand (“saltwater”), Swedish saltvatten (“saltwater”), Icelandic saltvatn (“saltwater”).

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