salvable
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin salvare (“to save”), from salvus (“safe”). Compare savable.
Adjective
[edit]salvable (comparative more salvable, superlative most salvable)
- (now chiefly forestry) Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
- (obsolete) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
- salvable souls
- 1681, Henry More, A Brief Discourse of the Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist:
- salvable Condition
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “salvable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]salvable
- Alternative form of savable
Spanish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]salvable m or f (masculine and feminine plural salvables)
Further reading
[edit]- “salvable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10