Meanings
nounsmelling salt (plural smelling salts)
plural smelling salts
- plural normallyammonium carbonate, sometimes with added perfume, that is inhaled as a mild irritant to the mucous membranes, to help restore consciousness.
- Any material used in this way.
Translations
Afrikaans vlugsout
- vlugsoutammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Danish lugtesalt
- lugtesaltammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Dutch vlugzout
- vlugzoutammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Finnish hajusuola
- hajusuolaammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
French sels, sels de pâmoison
- selsammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
- sels de pâmoisonammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
German Riechsalz
- Riechsalzammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Hungarian repülősó
- repülősóammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Norwegian Bokmål luktsalt
- luktsaltammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Polish sole trzeźwiące
- sole trzeźwiąceammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Portuguese sais aromáticos, sais
- sais aromáticosammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
- saisammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Russian ню́хательная соль
- ню́хательная соль (njúxatelʹnaja solʹ)ammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Swedish luktsalt
- luktsaltammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Yiddish חלשות־טראָפּן
- חלשות־טראָפּן (khaloshes-tropn)ammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness
Cite this entry
APA
smelling salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smelling%20salt
MLA
“smelling salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smelling%20salt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smelling salt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smelling%20salt.
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