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Definitions and meaning of salvo

salvo

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sălʹvō, IPA^(key): /ˈsælvəʊ/
• (General American) enPR: sălʹvō, IPA^(key): /ˈsælvoʊ/

Etymology 1

From Latin salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of salvāre (“to save, to reserve”), either from salvo jure (“the right being reserved”), or from salvo errore et omissone (“reserving error and omission”).

Noun

salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)

1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
   • 1649, Charles I of England (attributed), Eikon Basilike

     They admit […] salvos, cautions, and reservations.

Derived terms

• A salvo clause in legal documents or audit reports details reservations or limitations.

Translations

Etymology 2

A 1719 alteration of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salva (“salute, volley”) (compare French salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve (“hail”), the usual Roman greeting, imperative of salvere (“to be in good health”).

Noun

salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)

1. (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
3. (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
4. The combined cheers of a crowd.

Translations

Verb

salvo (third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.

See also

• the Salvos

Anagrams

• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin salvus. Compare Catalan salv.

Adjective

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salves)

1. (archaic) safe, secure
   • 1320–1330, Llibre del Consolat de Mar, CCLXIII

Etymology 2

Verb

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvar

References

• “salvo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French salve, from Italian salva, from Latin salvē (greeting).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.voː/
• Hyphenation: sal‧vo

Noun

salvo n (plural salvo's, diminutive salvootje n)

1. salvo, volley, a series of shots

Descendants

• Afrikaans: salvo

Galician

Etymology 1

Adjective

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

Derived terms

• san e salvo m, sa e salva f
• a salvo

Preposition

salvo

1. except

   Synonym: agás

Etymology 2

Verb

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvar

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalvo/

Noun

salvo (plural salvi)

1. rescue

   Synonym: salvado

2. salvation

   Synonym: salveso

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin salvus. Cognate to French sauf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.vo/
• Rhymes: -alvo
• Hyphenation: sàl‧vo

Adjective

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvi, feminine plural salve)

1. safe, out of danger, saved, secure from

   Synonyms: salvato, fuori pericolo, al sicuro da

2. safe, whole, intact, undamaged

   Synonyms: intatto, indenne, non danneggiato

Preposition

salvo

1. except, but, save

   Synonyms: eccetto, tranne, eccetto, ad eccezione di, fatto salvo

Conjunction

salvo che

1. except that; save that, unless, if... not

   Synonym: a meno che non

Verb

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvare

Related terms

• salvare

References

Anagrams

• slavo, solva, svola, valso

Latin

Etymology

From salvus +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.u̯oː/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪u̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.vo/, [ˈsälvo]

Verb

salvō (present infinitive salvāre, perfect active salvāvī, supine salvātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

1. to save (make safe or healthy)

   Synonyms: tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, dēfendō, tueor, sustineō, ēripiō, arceō, servō

   • a. 430, Augustinus, Sermo XVII

Usage notes

Not found in Classical Latin, where servō was used instead.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• salvāmentum
• salvātiō

Descendants

References

• “salvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salvo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• salvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “save”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alvu, (Brazil) -awvu
• Hyphenation: sal‧vo

Etymology 1

Adjective

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

Derived terms

• são e salvo m, sã e salva f
• a salvo

Etymology 2

Participle

salvo (short participle, feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. past participle of salvar, "saved"

Verb

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvar; "I save"

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalbo/ [ˈsal.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -albo
• Syllabification: sal‧vo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin salvus. Cognate with English safe.

Adjective

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

   Synonym: seguro

Derived terms

Adverb

salvo

1. except, apart from

   Synonyms: menos, excepto, sino

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvar

Further reading

• “salvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɫ.βo/
• Hyphenation: sal‧vo

Noun

salvo (definite accusative salvoyu, plural salvolar)

1. (military) A barrage of artillery fire, volley, salvo.

   Synonym: yaylım ateşi

2. (by extension) A concentrated series of attacks.

Declension

References

Further reading

• “salvo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “salvo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4047

Votic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlvo/, [ˈsɑɫvo]
• Rhymes: -ɑlvo
• Hyphenation: sal‧vo

Noun

salvo

1. grain bin
2. casing (side supporting structure of a well)
3. notched joint

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “salvo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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