salvable

English

Etymology

From Latin salvare (“to save”), from salvus (“safe”). Compare savable.

Adjective

salvable (comparative more salvable, superlative most salvable)

1. (now chiefly forestry) Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
2. (obsolete) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
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Related terms

• salvableness
• salvably

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “salvable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Middle English

Adjective

salvable

1. Alternative form of savable

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Spanish

Adjective

salvable m or f (masculine and feminine plural salvables)

1. savable

Further reading

• “salvable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014