salivation

English

Etymology

From Latin salīvātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsælɪˈveɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsæləˈveɪʃən/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

salivation (countable and uncountable, plural salivations)

1. The process of producing saliva.

   Synonym: drooling

Related terms

• salivate

Translations

process of producing saliva

Bulgarian: отделяне на слюнка (otdeljane na sljunka) Catalan: salivació f Czech: slinění n Finnish: syljeneritys French: salivation (fr) Galician: salivación (gl) f Italian: salivazione (it) f Russian: слюноотделе́ние (ru) n (sljunootdelénije), салива́ция (ru) f (salivácija) Spanish: salivación (es) f, saliveo m (Spain)

Anagrams

• Vitalianos

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.li.va.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

salivation f (plural salivations)

1. salivation

Further reading

• “salivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.