Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salts

/sˈɔlts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
salts
IPA
/sˈɔlts/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of salt

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of salt

name

A surname from Yiddish.

name

plural of Salt

noun

plural of SALT

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish זאַלץ (zalts, “salt”), a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a salt producer or seller.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Saltses (plural)

Rhymes With

faults assaults waltz vaults defaults halts malts exalts basalts walts

Questions

How do you pronounce salts?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɔlts/.
What does salts mean?
plural of salt
Where does salts come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

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