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.
   • 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

   salvable souls

Related terms

• salvableness
• salvably

References

• “salvable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Adjective

salvable

1. Alternative form of savable

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