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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salter

/sˈɔltɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
salter
IPA
/sˈɔltɚ/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who makes, sells, or applies salt.

noun

A trout leaving salt water to ascend a stream.

name

A surname originating as an occupation.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt English -er English salter From salt + -er.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sautreour, -

Inflected Forms

salters (plural)

Derived Forms

drysalter saltery

Synonyms

salt merchant

Homonyms

psalter saulter

Rhymes With

walter alter altar gibraltar falter halter psalter defaulter balter malter saulter stalter

Questions

How do you pronounce salter?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɔltɚ/.
What does salter mean?
One who makes, sells, or applies salt.
Where does salter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce salter

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