salivation

English

Etymology

From Latin salīvātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsælɪˈveɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsæləˈveɪʃən/

  • Audio (General American):

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Noun

salivation (countable and uncountable, plural salivations)

1. The process of producing saliva.

   Synonym: drooling

Related terms

• salivate

Translations

process of producing saliva

• Bulgarian: отделяне на слюнка (otdeljane na sljunka)
• Catalan: salivació f
• Czech: slinění n
• Finnish: syljeneritys
• French: salivation (fr)
• Galician: salivación (gl) f
• Italian: salivazione (it) f
• Russian: слюноотделе́ние (ru) n (sljunootdelénije), салива́ция (ru) f (salivácija)
• Spanish: salivación (es) f

Anagrams

• Vitalianos

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.li.va.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

salivation f (plural salivations)

1. salivation

Further reading

• “salivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.