Salinity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

the relative proportion of salt in a solution

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/seɪlˈɪnᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/seɪlˈɪnɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/seɪlˈɪnɪti/

4 syllables Say it as /seɪlˈɪnᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

salt brininess saltiness

Word Forms

salty	adjective	one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
salt	verb	preserve with salt
briny	adjective	slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
saline	adjective	containing salt

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Salzgehalt

das Geschmackserlebnis, wenn Kochsalz in den Mund genommen wird

🇫🇷French

salinité

l'expérience gustative lorsque le sel commun est pris dans la bouche

🇪🇸Spanish

salinidad

La experiencia gustativa cuando se introduce sal común en la boca.

🇮🇹Italian

salinità

l'esperienza del gusto quando si porta in bocca il sale comune

🇳🇱Dutch

zoutgehalte

de smaakervaring wanneer keukenzout in de mond wordt genomen

🇵🇹Portuguese

salinidade

a experiência do sabor quando o sal comum é levado à boca

🇷🇺Russian

соленость

вкусовые ощущения при попадании в рот поваренной соли

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खारापन

जब साधारण नमक मुँह में लिया जाता है तो स्वाद का अनुभव होता है

🇧🇩Bengali

লবণাক্ততা

সাধারণ লবণ মুখে নেওয়া হলে স্বাদের অভিজ্ঞতা

🇮🇳Tamil

உப்புத்தன்மை

சாதாரண உப்பை வாயில் எடுக்கும்போது ஏற்படும் சுவை அனுபவம்

🇮🇳Telugu

లవణీయత

సాధారణ ఉప్పును నోటిలోకి తీసుకున్నప్పుడు రుచి అనుభవం

🇮🇳Marathi

खारटपणा

जेव्हा सामान्य मीठ तोंडात घेतले जाते तेव्हा चव अनुभव

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખારાશ

સ્વાદનો અનુભવ જ્યારે સામાન્ય મીઠું મોંમાં લેવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲವಣಾಂಶ

ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಉಪ್ಪನ್ನು ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಾಗ ರುಚಿಯ ಅನುಭವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലവണാംശം

സാധാരണ ഉപ്പ് വായിലെടുക്കുമ്പോഴുള്ള രുചി അനുഭവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਾਰਾਪਨ

ਸਵਾਦ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਭਵ ਜਦੋਂ ਆਮ ਲੂਣ ਮੂੰਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

نمکیات

ذائقہ کا تجربہ جب عام نمک منہ میں لیا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

盐度

食盐放入口中时的味觉体验

🇯🇵Japanese

塩分

食塩を口に入れたときの味覚体験

🇰🇷Korean

염분

일반 소금을 입에 넣었을 때의 맛 경험

🇻🇳Vietnamese

độ mặn

🇹🇭Thai

ความเค็ม

ประสบการณ์รสชาติเมื่อนำเกลือทั่วไปเข้าปาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

salinitas

pengalaman rasa saat garam biasa dimasukkan ke dalam mulut

🇵🇭Filipino

kaasinan

ang karanasan sa lasa kapag ang karaniwang asin ay inilalagay sa bibig

🇲🇾Malay

kemasinan

pengalaman rasa apabila garam biasa dimasukkan ke dalam mulut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الملوحة

تجربة التذوق عند إدخال الملح العادي إلى الفم

🇮🇷Persian

شوری

تجربه چشایی زمانی که نمک معمولی وارد دهان می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

tuzluluk

tuz ağza alındığında oluşan tat deneyimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְלִיחוּת

חווית הטעם כאשר מלח רגיל נלקח לפה

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