saliente

Italian

Etymology

From Latin salientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈljɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: sa‧lièn‧te

Participle

saliente (plural salienti)

1. present participle of salire

Adjective

saliente (plural salienti)

1. salient
2. main

Related terms

• punti salienti

Anagrams

• elastine, latinese, lesinate, lineaste, telesina

Latin

Participle

saliente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of saliēns

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin salientem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [sa.lɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /saˈljẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [sa.lɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /saˈljẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈẽ.te/ [sa.lɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /saˈljẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈljẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: sa‧li‧en‧te

Adjective

saliente m or f (plural salientes)

1. protruding
2. (Brazil, informal) obscene, lewd

Derived terms

• salientar

 

Related terms

• sair
• saliência

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saliente

1. inflection of salientar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “saliente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “saliente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salientem.

Adjective

saliente m or f (masculine and feminine plural salientes)

1. projecting; protruding
2. prominent, main
3. leaving, departing, outgoing

Derived terms

• grupo saliente

 

Noun

saliente m (plural salientes)

1. projection
2. ledge
3. hard shoulder

Further reading

• “saliente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28