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Definition: Salute |
SaluteNoun1. An act of honor or courteous recognition: "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday". 2. A formal military gesture of respect. 3. An act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat. Verb1. Propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!" "Let's drink to the New Year". 2. Greet in a friendly way. 3. Express commendation of; "I salute your courage!". 4. Honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers. 5. Assume a position; in the military. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "salute" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Literature | Salute (2 syl.). According to tradition, on the triumphant return of Maximilian to Germany, after his second campaign, the town of Augsburg ordered 100 rounds of cannon to be discharged. The officer on service, fearing to have fallen short of the number, caused an extra round to be added. The town of Nuremberg ordered a like salute, and the custom became established. Salute, in the British navy, between two ships of equal rank, is made by firing an equal number of guns. If the vessels are of unequal rank, the superior fires the fewer rounds. Royal salute, in the British navy, consists (1) in firing twenty-one great guns, (2) in the officers lowering their sword-points, and (3) in dipping the colours. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A salute is a gesture or other action used to indicate respect. Salutes are primarily associated with military forces, but other organizations and even general populations use salutes.
Civilian Salutes
While such gestures as tipping one's hat as one passed others on the street could be considered salutes, the most common civilian salute is rendered to the flag. In the United States, civilians salute the flag by placing their right hands over their hearts. (Men remove any headgear and hold it over their hearts, if applicable.) In Latin America, especially in Mexico, a salute similar to the United States military's salute (see below), but the hand is placed across the left chest with the palm facing the ground. (For a demonstration, see the Richard Dreyfuss movie Moon Over Parador.)
The raised clenched fist was popularized by the Communist Party, and in some locations it maintains that association. In the United States, however, its antecedents have been forgotten and it has become a generic gesture of solidarity and determination.
Many different gestures are used throughout the world as simple greetings. In "Western" cultures, the handshake is very common, though it has numerous subtle variations of grip strength, amount of "pumping" involved, and use of the left hand. In "Eastern" cultures, a simple bow from the waist (rei in Japanese, panbae in Korean) is used, with many regional variations seen. The Japanese keep the palms of their hands touching the fronts of the thighs, but Koreans hold their hands in hapjang (or hap-ch'ang): palms pressed together and fingers near vertical, a position similar to that usually associated with Christian prayer. The Arabic term salaam, literally "peace" from the spoken greeting that accompanies the gesture, refers to a low bow performed while placing the right palm on the forehead. Some cultures use hugs and kisses even between two men, but those gestures show an existing degree of intimacy and are not used between total strangers. All of these gestures are being supplemented or completely displaced by the handshake in areas with large amounts of business contact with the West.
These bows indicate respect and acknowledgement of social rank, but do not necessarily imply obeisance.
Obeisances
An obeisance is a gesture not only of respect but also of submission. Such gestures are rarer in cultures that do not have strong class structures; citizens of the United States, for example, often react with hostility to the idea of bowing to an authority figure. The distinction between a formally polite greeting and an obeisance is often hard to make; for example, proskynesis (Greek for "kissing towards") is described by the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who lived in the 5th century BC in his Histories 1.134:
After his conquest of Persia, Alexander the Great introduced Persian etiquette into his own court, including the practice of proskynesis. Visitors, depending on their ranks, would have to prostrate themselves, bow to, kneel in front of, or kiss the king. His Greek and Macedonian subjects objected to this practice, as they considered these rituals only suitable to the gods.
- When the Persians meet one another in the roads, you can see whether those who meet are of equal rank. For instead of greeting by words, they kiss each other on the mouth; but if one of them is inferior to the other, they kiss one another on the cheeks, and if one is of much less noble rank than the other, he falls down before him and worships him.
In countries with recognized social classes, bowing to nobility and royalty is customary. Standing bows of obeisance all involve bending forward from the waist with the eyes downcast, though variations in the placement of the arms and feet are seen. In western European cultures, women do not bow, they "curtsey" (a contraction of "courtesy" that became its own word), a movement which one foot is moved back and the entire body lowered to a crouch while the head is bowed.
More elaborate gestures of obeisance are used in formal conditions. The Putonghua (Mandarin) term 叩頭 (literally "bump head") refers to the act of deep respect shown by bowing so low as to touch the head to the ground. It is spelled kou4 dao3 in pinyin and "kowtow" in English. It begins kneeling and sitting back on the heels, with the hands on the thighs. The hands are then brought forward to the floor in front of the knees and the body inclined toward the horizontal. Whether or not the head is bowed as well reflects the degree of submission shown -- in martial arts practices, for example, the neck is kept straight, but in religious ceremonies the forehead touches the ground.
Many religious believers kneel in prayer, and some (Roman Catholics, Orthodox, and, rarely, Anglicans) genuflect, bending one knee to touch the ground, at various points during religious services. During Islamic prayer, a kneeling bow called sujud is used, with forehead, nose, hands, knees, and toes all touching the ground.
Military Salutes
Hand Salutes
A common military hand salute consists of raising the right hand, held flat, to the right eyebrow. In the United States, the hand is horizontal, as if shading the eyes, while in countries with more British traditions, the hand is turned so the palm is visible to the one receiving the salute. In Kosovo, a salute similar to the British, except that the fingers are clenched into a fist and the knuckles pressed against the temple, is seen. The customary salute in Poland is a variation of the British salute with only two fingers extended.
The origin of this salute is unknown, though one theory suggests that it probably originated first by showing that the right hand (the fighting hand) was not concealing a weapon. Another suggestion is that when men-at-arms wore armor, a friendly approach would include holding the reins of the horse with the left hand while raising the visor of the helmet with the right, so that one could be identified.
The Roman salute is the oldest known hand salute. It consists of holding the right arm straight out from the shoulder, elevated about forty-five degrees. It was widely used throughout the world until World War II. In the United States, civilians gave the Bellamy salute, based on the Roman gesture, while reciting Francis Bellamy's Pledge of Allegiance. It wasn't until 1942 that the United States Congress abolished the extended-arm salute in favor of the current hand-over-the-heart gesture. That decision was in reaction to events in Europe; Benito Mussolini and the Fascist Party of Italy, seeking to revive the spirit of the Roman Empire, had adopted the Roman salute in the early 1920s. Adolf Hitler copied it, and it developed such a close association with Nazis that it has never been used by any organization not specifically linking itself to the Nazis since then.
Many secret societies develop gestures to signal fellow members. In 1830s Missouri, some Mormons formed a militia organization called the Sons of Dan, more commonly known as the Danite band, which developed a salute "whereby ye may know each other anywhere, either by day or night, and if a brother be in distress. It is thus: to clap the right hand to the thigh, and then raise it quick to the right temple, the thumb extending behind the ear."
Small Arms Salutes
When carrying a sword (which is still done on ceremonial occasions), European military forces and their cultural descendants use a two-step gesture. The sword is first raised, in the right hand, to the level of and close to the front of the neck. The blade is inclined forward and up 30 degrees from the vertical; the true edge is to the left. Then the sword is slashed downward to a position with the point close to the ground in front of the right foot. The blade is inclined down and forward with the true edge to the left. This gesture orginated in the Crusades. The hilt of a broadsword formed a cross, so if a actual Crucifix was not available, a Crusader could kiss the hilt of his sword when praying, before entering battle, for oaths and vows, and so on. The lowering of the point to the ground is a traditional act of submission.
When armed with a rifle, two different levels of formality are available when saluting. The most formal method is called "present arms"; the rifle is brought to the vertical, muzzle up, in front of center of the chest with the trigger away from the body. The hands hold the stock close to the positions they would have if the rifle were being fired, though the trigger is not touched. Less formal salutes include the "order arms salute" and the "shoulder arms salutes." These are most often given by a sentry to a low-ranking superior who does not rate the full "present arms" salute. In the "order arms salute," the rifle rests on its butt by the sentry's right foot, held near the muzzle by the sentry's right hand, and does not move. The sentry brings his flattened left hand across his body and touches the rifle near its muzzle. When the rifle is being carried on the shoulder, a similar gesture is used in which the flattened free hand is brought across the body to touch the rifle near the rear of the receiver.
Heavy Arms Salutes
The custom of firing cannon salutes originated in the British Royal Navy. When a cannon was fired, it partially disarmed the ship, so firing a cannon needlessly showed respect and trust. The British, being the dominant naval power, compelled the ships of weaker nations to make the first salute. At first ships were required to fire seven guns, and forts, with their more numerous guns and a larger supply of gunpowder, to fire twenty-one times. Later, as the quality of gunpowder improved, the British increased the number of shots required from ships to match the forts.
As naval customs evolved, the twenty-one gun salute came to be reserved for heads of states, and lower numbers of guns were used to salute lower ranking officials.
From United States Field manual FM 22-5
The rules of saluting are as follows:
- When you meet someone outside, salute as soon as you recognize an officer (when about six steps away).
- Salute all officers (recognized by rank) in official vehicles identified by special plates or flags.
- Salute only on command when in formation.
- If in a group and officer approaches, the first soldier to recognize the officer calls the group to attention and all personnel salute.
- If you approach an officer while you are double-timing alone, assume quick time march and render the hand salute. When the salute is returned, execute order arms and resume double-timing.
- The salute is always initiated by the subordinate and is terminated only after acknowledgment by the individual being saluted.
- Accompany the salute with an appropriate greeting, such as, “Good morning/afternoon, sir/ma’am.“
- Salutes are not required to be rendered by or to personnel who are driving or riding in privately owned vehicles.
- It is not customary for enlisted personnel to exchange salutes, except in some ceremonial situations.
- Never render a salute with a noticeable object in your mouth or right hand.
- If you are on detail and officer approaches, salute if you are in charge of the detail. Otherwise, continue to work. If you are spoken to, then come to attention.
Salutes in Fiction
In the 1984 movie 1984 (though not the novel), the proles are seen at a frenzied "Two Minute Hate" waving both clenched fists overhead with their wrists crossed. The power that would ordinarily be shown by the clenched fists is undercut by the wrists being held as if bound. A very similar gesture is seen in Pink Floyd's The Wall, but there the wrists are repeatedly banged together -- an expression more powerful than seen in 1984 but still frustrated.
In the television series "The Prisoner", inhabitants of The Village make a significant gesture of farewell: each forms a ring of right thumb and index finger while extending the other three fingers and looks through that ring with the right eye. He then lowers his hand toward his companion as if handing him something, while saying "be seeing you." This gesture takes its significance from the surveillance ubiquitous in The Village.
See also the one-finger salute and three-finger salute.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Salute."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SANCO | Italian | Direzione generale per la Salute e la tutela dei consumatori | European Union |
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Synonyms: SaluteSynonyms: military greeting (n), salutation (n), drink (v), pledge (v), present (v), toast (v), wassail (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Allocution | Verb: speak to, address, accost, make up to, apostrophize, appeal to, invoke; ball, salute; call to, halloo. |
Celebration | Triumphal arch, bonfire, salute; salvo, salvo of artillery; feu de joie, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations. |
Congratulation | Noun: congratulation, gratulation; felicitation; salute; condolence; compliments of the season. |
Courtesy | Salute; embrace; (endearment); kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob; move to, nod to; smile upon. |
Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute. | |
Endearment | Embrace, salute, kiss, buss, smack, osculation, deosculation; amorous glances. |
Clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms; nestle, nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute; (courtesy); fold to the heart, press to the bosom. | |
Respect | Verb: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem; (approve of); think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect; n. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship. |
Homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration; obsequiousness; salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Salute |
| English words defined with "salute": All-hail ♦ Congreet ♦ Gratulate, Gretto, gun ♦ Hailse, Half cap, Halse ♦ National salute ♦ Resalute ♦ Salue, salutation, Saluted, Saluting ♦ To cheer ship, To dip the colors, To drink to, To give the time of day, To man the yards. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "salute": CAP ACQUAINTANCE ♦ Oars ♦ Salutations ♦ three-finger salute, Toi, tortoise. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "salute": salutation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Salute" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (cheers, good health, hail, health), Latin (good wish, greeting, health, prosperity, safety, salvation). |
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Screenplays | And another thing, whenever you salute the Captain you make him an open target for the Germans so don't do it, especially when I'm standing near him (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat) I suppose I should salute you as a worthy adversary and all that, but the truth is I really did hate your guts (Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; writing credit: Bob Kane; Paul Dini) And for that, I salute him. (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) We who are about to die, salute you (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni) You don't say much my friend, but when you do it's to the point, and I salute you for it. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) | |
Lyrics | Well we can't salute ya (School's Out; performing artist: Alice Cooper) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Walt Disney: A Golden Anniversary Salute (1973) La Salute è malata o i poveri morirono prima (1971) President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962) Salute the Toff (1952) Il Giorno della salute (1948) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Scott Gives Salute. Credit: NASA. |  | Mattingly and Hartsfield Salute President Regan. Credit: NASA. |
 | U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 17, Dijon, France. : French and American salute at a funeral. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Marines aboard USS Honolulu (CL-48) fire a salute during funeral services for a casualty from the sunken USS Helena (CL-50), following the Battle of Kula Gulf. Note Chaplain at right and audio equipment in left center, atop the cruiser's hangar cover. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Hand colored engraving, after an artwork by J.O. Davidson, depicting the mid-1880s arrival of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, which was to be erected on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. Seen are the French warships Isere (foreground, painted white) and Flore (ahead of Isere, firing a salute). At right, largely hidden behind gun smoke, are USS Alliance and USS Omaha. Credit: NAVY. |  | Santa Maria della Salute, Venice / [by] CG. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Salute to Goldwater. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Mexican salute. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Liberty enlightening the world--Inauguration of the Bartholdi Statue, Harbor of New York--Military and naval salute, the President's arrival at Liberty Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lois de Lafayette Washburn gives a stiff-armed salute as she and Howard Victor Broenstrupp leave Federal District Court April 17th, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Suetionius | Hail, Emperor, we who are about to die salute you. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He advanced towards the bishop, giving a military salute. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He had done well not to salute her on the steps of the library |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A crease just above the tip of the nose from constant upward nose wiping (allergic salute). (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Singapore | The Government deregistered and banned Jehovah's Witnesses in 1972 on the grounds that its approximately 2,000 members refuse to perform military service (which is obligatory for all male citizens), salute the flag, or swear oaths of allegiance to the State. (references) |
Minorities | Netherlands | Most involved the use of swastikas, distributing neo-Nazi propaganda, and making the Hitler salute. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the following lines by the illustrious Ambat Delaso: TO MY PET TORTOISE My friend, you are not graceful -- not at all; Your gait's between a stagger and a sprawl. Nor are you beautiful: your head's a snake's To look at, and I do not doubt it aches. As to your feet, they'd make an angel weep. 'Tis true you take them in whene'er you sleep. No, you're not pretty, but you have, I own, A certain firmness -- mostly you're [sic] backbone. Firmness and strength (you have a giant's thews) Are virtues that the great know how to use -- I wish that they did not; yet, on the whole, You lack -- excuse my mentioning it -- Soul. So, to be candid, unreserved and true, I'd rather you were I than I were you. Perhaps, however, in a time to be, When Man's extinct, a better world may see Your progeny in power and control, Due to the genesis and growth of Soul. So I salute you as a reptile grand Predestined to regenerate the land. Father of Possibilities, O deign To accept the homage of a dying reign! In the far region of the unforeknown I dream a tortoise upon every throne. I see an Emperor his head withdraw Into his carapace for fear of Law; A King who carries something else than fat, Howe'er acceptably he carries that; A President not strenuously bent On punishment of audible dissent -- Who never shot (it were a vain attack) An armed or unarmed tortoise in the back; Subject and citizens that feel no need To make the March of Mind a wild stampede; All progress slow, contemplative, sedate, And "Take your time" the word, in Church and State. O Tortoise, 'tis a happy, happy dream, My glorious testudinous regime! I wish in Eden you'd brought this about By slouching in and chasing Adam out. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Woodward | That indeed is the case. Robin Cook, you have to salute any resignation on principle because it's so rare. It just doesn't happen that often. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We salute Specialist James Allen Johnson who died on the border of South Korea. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But my thoughts have been turning the past few days to those who would be watching at home, to an older fellow who will throw a salute by himself when the flag goes by, and the women who will tell her sons the words of the battle hymns. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service to America. |
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| "Salute" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.38% of the time. "Salute" is used about 328 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 67.38% | 221 | 20,297 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 17.38% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.02% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.91% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.3% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 328 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "salute": fire a salute of eleven guns ♦ give smb. a salute ♦ military salute ♦ national salute ♦ return smb.'s salute ♦ stand at the salute ♦ take the salute ♦ twenty one gun salute. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "salute": half-salute. | |
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| Language | Translations for "salute"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | groet (greet, greeting), begroet (greet). (various references) | |
Albanian | takoj (attach, belong, chance on, come across, cross, encounter, happen, meet, reach, run up against), puthje (Buss, kiss, necking, osculation), përshëndetje (bow, compliments, greeting, hail, hallo, salutation, send off), përshëndet (bow, compliment, greet, hail, Herald, hollo, holloa, recognize, salaam), përshëndes (bow, compliment, greet, hail, Herald, hollo, holloa, recognize, salaam), ngjatjetoj (hollo, holloa), nderoj me dorë, nderim (compliments, consideration, credit, curtsey, curtsy, deference, devoirs, distinction, esteem, estimation, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, respect, respectability, respectfulness, reverence, veneration), mirëseardhje (welcome), i përkulem dikujt. (various references) | |
Arabic | مفرقعة نارية (firecracker), تفقد القوات, تحية عسكرية (salvo), سلم (accept, admit, agree, allow, commit, consign, deliver, give in, grant, hand over, hierarchy, ladder, postulate, presume, recognize, render, resign, rung, salaam, scale, secure, stair, staircase, stairway, submit, transmit, turn in, turn over), سلام تحية (greeting, salutation), طرى (applaud, approve, baste, commend, compliment, crack, dress, flatter, flattering, puff, refresh, soften, supple, tender), إطلاق نار للتكريم, أدى تحية عسكرية, رحب (be wide, capacious, extend, greet, large, ocean, receive, spacious, welcome), رد التحية. (various references) | |
Breton | salud. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | салют (gun, salvo), целувка (kiss, meringue, seal of love), целувам (caress, kiss, lip), отдаване на чест, отдавам чест, одобрявам (approbate, approve, assent, authorise, authorize, confirm, endorse, okay, pass, sanctify, sanction, seal, subscribe to, support, sympathize, uphold), приветствувам (acclaim, greet, hail), поздравявам (compliment, congratulate, felicitate, greet, hail, salaam), поздрав (greeting, hail, salaam, salutation), давам салют. (various references) | |
Chinese | 致敬 (salutation), 敬禮 , 拜 (mix in, to mix, to pay respect, to toss, visit, worship). (various references) | |
Czech | salutovat, salutování, zdravit, pozdravit (greet, salaam, say hello), pozdrav (compliments, greeting). (various references) | |
Danish | sige goddag (greet), hilse (greet). (various references) | |
Dutch | groeten (greet, greetings), begroeten (greet, greeting, welcome). (various references) | |
Esperanto | saluti militiste, saluti (greet). (various references) | |
Faeroese | heilsa (greet, health). (various references) | |
Farsi | تهنیت گفتن , سلام دادن , سلام (Greet, Hail, Regard, Salutation), سرلام کردن , احترام نظامی , درود (Compliment, Greet, Hail, Regard, Salutation). (various references) | |
Finnish | tervehtiä (bow, greet, nod, raise one's hat, shake hands with). (various references) | |
French | saluer (salaam). (various references) | |
Frisian | groetsje (greet), begroetsje (greet). (various references) | |
German | salutieren (to salute), Salut, grüßen (give a greeting, greet, say hello, to greet), begrüßen (applaud, appreciate, greet, to come and meet, to welcome, welcome). (various references) | |
Greek | χαιρετώ (greet, hail, hello), χαιρετισμόσ (greeting, hail, hello, salutation), χαιρετίζω (greet, hail). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מצ"ע, יריות כבו", ל"צ"יע, לברך לשלום (hail, salaam, welcome), "צ"ע", ברכת שלום (hail, salutation), ברכ" (beatitude, benediction, benefit, blessing, boon, congratulation, felicitation, gift, greeting, hail, luck, profit). (various references) | |
Hungarian | köszöntés (greeting, hail, nod, salutation), üdvözlés (dipping of the flag, greeting, salutation), tisztelgés, díszlövés, üdvlövés (salvo). (various references) | |
Icelandic | heilsa (greet). (various references) | |
Indonesian | salut (admire, greetings, respect), pemberian hormat. (various references) | |
Italian | salutare (beneficial, greet, greet each other, hail, healthy, salutary, say goodbye to, wave off, welcome). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 礼 , 挙手 (raising holding up one's hand), 挙手 (raisingone's hand), 敬礼 , 敬礼 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きょしゅ (defense, raisingone's hand), れいほう (courtesy, etiquette, manners, sacred mountain, sacred treasure), けいれい. (various references) | |
Korean | 인사 (greeting, salutation). (various references) | |
Manx | oltaghey (bless, bless as food, entertain, entertaining, entertainment, grace, grace before food, hospitality, receive, reception, refresh, regale, salutation, treat, welcome), jannoo curteish, curteish, bannaght (blessing, compliments, greeting), bannaghey (beatification, bless, greet, regards, sanctification, send off). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hilse (greet). (various references) | |
Papiamen | saludá (greet), kumindá (greet). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alutesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | saudar (accept, acclaim, accost, greet, hail, receive, recognize, to greet, toast), saudação (accost, greeting, respects, salutation), cumprimentar (accost, bow, cap, compliment, greet, to greet). (various references) | |
Romanian | salvã (flight, gun fire, salvo, volley), salutare (cheerio, greeting, hail, hullo, salutation), saluta (acclaim, bow, cheer, greet, hail, welcome), salut (cheerio, good bye, greeting, hail, hallo, hullo, nod, salutation, so long, welcome). (various references) | |
Russian | салют (fire works). (various references) | |
Scottish | f ilte (hail!, salutation, welcome), altaich. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | salutirati, pozdraviti (compliment, greet, pass the time of day, remember), pozdrav (bye, bye bye, greeting, obeisance, salutation). (various references) | |
Spanish | saludar (acknowledge, greet, greeting, hail, to greet), acoger (get, greet, guest, obtain, receive, sojourner, take in, welcome). (various references) | |
Swedish | hälsa (greet, health, healthiness, receive, salubrity, say good morning, send one's regards), salutera, salut, honnör (honor, honour). (various references) | |
Turkish | selamlamak (greet, hail, Herald, salaam), selamlama (greeting, hail, salutation), selam vermek (greet, salaam, say hello, say hi), selam durmak (stand at the salute), selam (ave, chin chin, greeting, hello, hi, regards, salaam, salutation), selâm durma, saygı ile selâmlamak, öpüşmek (smooch). (various references) | |
Turkmen | salяut (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | салютувати, салют (salutation), вітати (compliment, congratulate, hail, salaam, welcome), вітання (ave, congratulation, congratulations, felicitation, greeting, salutation), віддавати честь, віддавання честі. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự ch o (accost, bow), cách kéo cờ ch o, cách ch o, cách cầm vũ khí ch o. (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfarch (accost, address, greet), annerch (address, greet, greeting, salutation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | resalutatis, saluta, salutabant, salutabitis, salutandos, salutandum, salutant, salutantes, salutantibus, salutare, salutaret, salutari, salutaris, salutasset, salutat, salutate, salutatis, salutaverint, salutaverit, salutaveritis, salutaverunt, salutaveruntque, salutavit, salutem, salutes, saluto. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eisercomenoi de eiV thn oikian aspasasqe authn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Intrantes autem in domum salutate eam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þanne ge ingan soðlice on þæt husgreteð hyt cweðende. syo sibban þisum huse. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne ye goon in to an hous, `grete ye it, and seyn, Pees to this hous. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And whe ye come in to an housse salute ye same. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when ye come into an house, salute it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when ye come into a house, salute it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Ug inigsaka ninyo sa balay, humatag kamog katahuran. |
| Croatian | Ulazeæi u kuæu, zaželite joj mir. |
| Danish | Men når I gå ind i Huset, da hilser det; |
| Dutch | En als gij in het huis gaat, zo groet hetzelve. |
| Finnish | Ja tullessanne taloon tervehtikää sitä. |
| French | En entrant dans la maison, saluez-la; |
| German | Wo ihr aber in ein Haus geht, so grüßt es; |
| Haitian Creole | Lè n'ap antre nan kay la, n'a di: Benediksyon Bondye sou kay la. |
| Hungarian | Ha pedig bementek a házba, köszöntsétek azt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Waktu kalian masuk rumah, katakanlah, 'Semoga Tuhan memberkati kalian.' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila kamu masuk rumah orang, berilah salam padanya. |
| Italian | Entrando nella casa, rivolgetele il saluto. |
| Latvian | Ieejot mâjâ, sveiciniet to, sacîdami: miers ðai mâjai! |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra hed shiu stiagh ayns thie, bannee-jee daue. |
| Maori | A, no ka tomo ki tetahi whare, me oha atu. |
| Norwegian | Og når I kommer inn i et hus, da skal I hilse det; |
| Portuguese | E, ao entrardes na casa, saudai-a; |
| Rumanian | La intrarea voastrq kn casq, urayi -i de bine; |
| Russian | Б ЧИП"С Ч "ПН, ТЙЧЕФУФЧХКФЕ ЕЗП, ЗПЧПТС: НЙТ "ПНХ УЕНХ; |
| Shuar | Nu jeanam wayamsha "Ju jea shiir Atí" Titiá. |
| Spanish | Al entrar en la casa, saludadla. |
| Swahili | Mnapoingia nyumbani wasalimuni wenyeji wake. |
| Swedish | Och när I kommen in i ett hus, så hälsen det. |
| Uma | Ane mesua' -koi hi rala tomi, uli' -raka pue' tomi: `Pue' mpogane' -koi!' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "salute": saluted, saluter, saluters, salutes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "salute": resalute. (additional references) | |
Words containing "salute": resaluted, resalutes. (additional references) | |
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"Salute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aluet, Asaluyeh, esaulet, Saguet, salat, Salathe, salati, Salaut, salbute, Salette, Salife, salit, Salojee, salot, Salote, salte, Salthe, saltus, salu, salube, Salue, saluge, Salupeto, salut, salutem, saluti, saluts, satute, Saulieu, saulter, sautay, sautee, Sauti, Savuti, scalete, seablite, selue, slaut, slute, slutte, Soaltee, Zakuti, Zulueta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "salute" (pronounced suluw"t) |
| 4 | -u l uw" t | pollute. |
| 3 | -l uw" t | dilute, flute, loot, lute. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: least, lutea, lutes, sault, saute, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, talus, teals, tesla, tules. | |
-2 letters: ales, alts, ates, east, eats, etas, lase, last, late, lats, leas, lest, lets, lues, lust, lute, sale, salt, sate, saul, seal, seat, seta, slat, slue, suet, tael, tale, taus, teal, teas, tela, tels, tule, utas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: amulets, auklets, auldest, eluants, eluates, estrual, luxates, muletas, pulsate, saluted, saluter, salutes, sublate, sulcate, sulfate, taluses. | |
+2 letters: abluents, absolute, adulates, alunites, annulets, astutely, autolyse, ballutes, baluster, calumets, cutlases, defaults, emulates, epaulets, feastful, fistulae, flatuses, gestural, gustable, hasteful, insulate, lacteous, languets, liquates, locustae, lustrate, muscatel, neutrals, osculate, outleaps, ovulates, petalous, plateaus, pulsated, pulsates, quetzals, refutals, resalute, rosulate, rustable, saluters, scutella, simulate, stageful, staumrel, sublated, sublates, subulate, sufflate, suitable, sulcated, sulfated, sulfates, sulphate, tableaus, tasteful, tequilas, toluates, tutelars, ululates, unsalted, unstable, uralites, ustulate, valuates, vaulters, vestural, vulgates, wasteful. | |
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