Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Salvia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – the sage plants.

English

Noun

salvia ‎(plural salvias)

1. A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.
   • 2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:

     But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.

Anagrams

• avails, saliva, Valais

Finnish

(index sa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlʋiɑ/
• Hyphenation: sal‧vi‧a

Noun

salvia

1. sage (herb)

Declension

Anagrams

• silava, slaavi

Italian

Noun

salvia f ‎(plural salvie)

1. sage

Anagrams

• lisava, salavi, saliva, salvai, vasali

Latin

Etymology

From salvus ‎(“well, unharmed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.wi.a/

Noun

salvia f ‎(genitive salviae); first declension

1. sage

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• salvia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SALVIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “salvia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• salvien

Noun

salvia m, f

1. definite feminine singular of salvie

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salvia.

Noun

salvia f ‎(plural salvias)

1. sage