Meanings
saline1
comparative more saline · superlative most saline
- Resembling salt.
a saline taste
plural salines
- countableuncountableA salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
Saline2
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
- A city and township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
- A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, close to the Great Salt Lake.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Saline Township.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWater containing dissolved salt.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecontaining salt
nounan isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsal“salt”
- Middle Frenchsalin
- Medieval Latinsalīna
- Middle Englishsalyne
- Englishsaline
PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian солен
- солен (solen)salty
Catalan salí
- salísalty
Czech solný, slaný
- solnýsalty
- slanýsalty
Finnish suolainen
- suolainensalty
French salin
- salinsalty
German salzhaltig, Saline
- salzhaltigsalty
- Salineplace where salt is collected
Greek αλατούχος, αλατώδης
- αλατούχος (alatoúchos)salty
- αλατώδης (alatódis)salty
Hindi खारा
- खारा (khārā)salty
Irish salanda
- salandasalty
Italian salino
- salinosalty
Norwegian Bokmål saltholdig
- saltholdigsalty
Persian شور
- شور (šur)salty
Polish słony, zasolony
- słonysalty
- zasolonysalty
Portuguese salino
- salinosalty
Romanian salin
- salinsalty
Russian соляно́й, солево́й
- соляно́й (soljanój)salty
- солево́й (solevój)salty
- солёный (soljónyj)salty
Spanish salino, salífero
- salinosalty
- salíferosalty
Swedish salthaltig
- salthaltigsalty
Tagalog maalat
- maalatsalty
Turkish tuzlu
- tuzlusalty
Ukrainian соло́ний
- соло́ний (solónyj)salty
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Cite this entry
saline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saline
“saline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saline. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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