English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

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English

Etymology
Latin salire (to leap)

Pronunciation
IPA|/�seɪlj�nt/, SAMPA|/"seIlj@nt/
audio|en-us-salient.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: sa·lient

Adjective
salient

1. prominent, worthy of note; pertinent or relevant

#:The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.

1. heraldry: Of an animal, usually a quadruped, depicted in a leaping posture.

Quotations
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1800s=1878 1898|
1900s=1936
1878 � w:Thomas Hardy|Thomas Hardy, s:The Return of the Native|The Return of the Native Book 2, ch. 5
:With nearer approach these fragmentary sounds became pieced together, and were found to be the salient points of the tune called "Nancy's Fancy."
1898 � w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The_War_of_the_Worlds|The War of the Worlds Book2, ch.2
:The last salient point in which the systems of these creatures differed from ours was in what one might have thought a very trivial particular.
1936 � w:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft, s:The Shadow Over Innsmouth|The Shadow Over Innsmouth
:Warning me that many of the street signs were down, the youth drew for my benefit a rough but ample and painstaking sketch map of the town's salient features.

Antonyms
;prominent
obscure
trivial

Translations
trans-top|prominent
Finnish: keskeinen, huomattava
trans-mid
French: saillant
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trans-top|in an heraldic posture
trans-mid
Russian: �ка���ий
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Noun
salient

1. military an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense

Translations
trans-top|part of a fortification
French: saillant, saillie
trans-mid
Ido: saliero
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