salt in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for salt in the English»French Dictionary

I.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] N

1. salt:

salt CHEM, FOOD

sel m

there's too much salt in the rice

le riz est trop salé

I don't like a lot of salt on my food

je n'aime pas manger très salé

salt and pepper

du sel et du poivre

to put salt on food/a road

saler les aliments/une route

to put salt on food/a road attr molecule, crystal, solution

de sel

to put salt on food/a road industry, refining

du sel

to put salt on food/a road production, factory

de sel

2. salt (sailor) inf, dated:

an old salt

un vieux loup de mer

II.salts N

salts npl PHARM:

salts

sels mpl

III.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] ADJ attr

salt water, lake

salé

salt beef, pork

salé

IV.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] VB trans

salt meat, fish, road, path:

salt

saler

V.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt]

to cry salt tears liter

verser des larmes amères

to be the salt of the earth

être le sel de la terre

you should take his remarks with a grain or a pinch of salt

il ne faut pas prendre ses remarques pour argent comptant

any teacher worth his salt knows that

tout enseignant digne de ce nom sait cela

table salt N

table salt

sel m fin or de table

cooking salt N

cooking salt

gros sel m

common salt N

common salt

sel m ordinaire

rock salt N

rock salt

sel m gemme

I.salt away VB [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt -, Am sɔlt -] (salt away [sth], salt [sth] away)

salt away

mettre [qc] de côté

salt cellar N

salt cellar

salière f

salt flat N

salt flat

marais m salant

salt mine [ˈsɔːltmaɪn] N MIN

salt mine

mine f de sel

it's back to the salt mines for me fig

je dois retourner au boulot inf

salt lick N

salt lick (naturally occurring)

pierre f salée

salt lick FARM

bloc f de sel

salt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for salt in the English»French Dictionary

I.salt [sɔ:lt] N

salt a. fig:

salt

sel m

a pinch of salt

une pincée de sel

sea/celery salt

sel de mer/céleri

bath salts

sels de bain

Phrases:

to take sth with a pinch [or grain] of salt

ne pas prendre qc au pied de la lettre

to rub salt in the/sb's wound

remuer le couteau dans la plaie

to sit above/below the salt

être assis au bout de la table

worth one's salt

digne de ce nom

II.salt [sɔ:lt] VB trans

salt

saler

III.salt [sɔ:lt] ADJ

1. salt (with salt):

salt

salé(e)

2. salt fig tears:

salt

amère

SALT [sɔ:lt] N

SALT abbreviation of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SALT

négociations fpl SALT

salt water N no pl

1. salt water (sea water):

salt water

eau f de mer

2. salt water (water with salt):

salt water

eau f salée

salt-water ADJ

1. salt-water (of salted water):

salt-water lake

d'eau salée

2. salt-water (of sea water):

salt-water fish

d'eau de mer

salt mine N

salt mine

mine f de sel

rock salt N no pl

rock salt

sel m gemme

salt lake N

salt lake

lac m salé

salt cellar N

salt cellar

salière f

pepper-and-salt ADJ

pepper-and-salt hair:

pepper-and-salt

poivre et sel inv

Translations for salt in the French»English Dictionary

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salt Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a salt/pepper/sugar shaker

une salière/poivrière/saupoudreuse

don't overdo it! irony, salt

n'en rajoute pas!

to take sth with a pinch [or grain] of salt

ne pas prendre qc au pied de la lettre

to rub salt in the/sb's wound

remuer le couteau dans la plaie

to sit above/below the salt

être assis au bout de la table

to take sth with a pinch of salt

ne pas prendre qc au pied de la lettre

to put too much salt in the soup

mettre trop de sel dans la soupe

to put more salt in the vegetables

remettre du sel dans les légumes

to remove the salt from sth

dessaler qc

to put more salt in sth

resaler qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It's corn-fed and aged for 21 days before being roasted in rock salt and transferred to domed stainless steel carts and carved.

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Negative-based paper prints, used from the beginning of the 1850s, were produced on salt paper until around 1857 when salt was replaced by albumen.

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When water evaporates from the salt marshes, it creates crusts of salt that covers a dark saline mush.

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The water vapor attaches itself to condensation nuclei which can be anything from dust to microscopic particles of salt and debris.

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Over 75% of dietary sodium comes from prepacked and processed foods, with only 11% comes from salt added to food.

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These gas cycles offer numerous potential advantages for use with molten salt-fueled or molten salt-cooled reactors.

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Season carefully with some salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste, keeping in mind that the rashers are salty.

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In general, chuanr may be spiced according to preference, but generally cumin seed, dried pepper flakes, salt, and sesame or sesame oil are sprinkled or brushed onto it.

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I set this blood on the fire, let it coagulate, and ate the lumps without salt.

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They also have a salt gland that is situated above the nasal passage and helps desalinate their bodies, required due to the high amount of ocean water that they imbibe.

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