la

feminine

/sal.te/

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Translation

dirt, filth; a filthy thing

Word origin

From sale ('dirty'), which came into Old French from Frankish salo ('dull, dirty'). English 'sallow' descends from the same Germanic root.

Origin: Frankish
Root: salo
English cognates: sallow

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralsaletés

Examples

There is dirt everywhere in the kitchen.

Wipe the dirt off the table.

The dirt from the ground stays in your shoes.

He ate something filthy and now he is ill.

They left rubbish all over the garden.

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This word is part of lesson 55.