salak

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/səˈlæk/

noun

Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.

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Meanings

salak1

nounsalak (plural salaks)

plural salaks

  1. Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.
  2. Pear-shaped fruit of this palm; also called snake fruit.

Salak2

proper nounSalak (plural Salaks)

plural Salaks

  1. A surname from Czech, Hungarian, Polish, or Slovak.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
snake fruit

Origin

salak · noun

  1. Malaysalak
  2. Englishsalak

From Malay salak.

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Salak · proper noun

  1. SlovakŠalák
  2. Czech and HungarianSalák
  3. PolishSalak
  4. EnglishSalak

Borrowed from Polish Salak, Czech and Hungarian Salák and Slovak Šalák, all from a pet form of the name Salamon. Compare Solomon, Salomon.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 蛇皮果
  • 蛇皮果 (shépíguǒ)salak fruit
Czech salaka
  • salakasalak fruit
Finnish salaki, salaki
  • salakisalak palm
  • salakisalak fruit
German Salakpalme, Schlangenfrucht
  • Salakpalmesalak palm
  • Schlangenfruchtsalak fruit
  • Salaksalak fruit
Indonesian salak
  • salaksalak fruit
Italian salacca
  • salaccasalak fruit
Japanese サラク, サラク
  • サラク (saraku)salak palm
  • サラク (saraku)salak fruit
Korean 살라크, 살라크
  • 살라크 (sallakeu)salak palm
  • 살라크 (sallakeu)salak fruit
Malay salak
  • salaksalak fruit
Polish salaka, oszplina
  • salakasalak palm
  • oszplinasalak palm
  • salakasalak fruit
Russian салак
  • салак (salak)salak fruit
Spanish fruta de serpiente
  • fruta de serpientesalak fruit
Tagalog alimuran
  • alimuransalak fruit
Thai สละ
  • สละ (sà-là)salak fruit

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

SkalaLaskaKalaslaksaaskal
Cite this entry
APA

salak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salak

MLA

“salak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salak.

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