noun🔗ShareSelA common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative."My grandmother sprinkled a generous amount of salt on the spaghetti before serving it. "Ma grand-mère a saupoudré une généreuse quantité de sel sur les spaghettis avant de les servir.substancefoodchemistrymaterialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSelOne of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid."Sodium chloride is a common salt used to flavor food. "Le chlorure de sodium est un sel courant utilisé pour aromatiser les aliments.chemistrycompoundsubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMarais salantA salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea."The family enjoyed a picnic lunch on the salt marsh near the coast. "La famille a apprécié un pique-nique sur le marais salant près de la côte.environmentoceannatureplacegeographyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMarin, loup de merA sailor (also old salt)."My grandfather, a seasoned sailor, was known as an old salt. "Mon grand-père, un marin expérimenté, était connu comme un vieux loup de mer.nauticalsailingpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOctets choisis aléatoirement, ajoutés à un message en clair avant son chiffrement ou son hachage, afin de rendre le déchiffrement par force brute plus difficile.Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult."The online banking system uses salt to protect sensitive account information. "Le système bancaire en ligne utilise du sel pour protéger les informations sensibles des comptes.computingtechnologyinternetsystemtechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUne personne qui recherche un emploi dans une entreprise afin de (une fois employée) l'aider à se syndiquerA person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it."The new employee was a salt, secretly working to organize the workers into a union. "Le nouvel employé était un salt, travaillant secrètement à organiser les travailleurs en syndicat.politicsbusinessjoborganizationpersoneconomyworkstatesocietyindustrylawessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSaveur, goût, assaisonnementFlavour; taste; seasoning."The chef added salt to the soup to enhance its flavour. "Le chef a ajouté du sel à la soupe pour rehausser sa saveur.foodsubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePiquant, esprit, sensPiquancy; wit; sense."Attic salt"De l'esprit attiquecharactermindliteratureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSalièreA dish for salt at table; a salt cellar."My dad brought the salt to the table during dinner. "Mon père a apporté la salière à table pendant le dîner.utensilfoodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareScepticisme, bon sensSkepticism and common sense."My sister's optimistic view of the new job required a healthy dose of salt—she needed to temper her enthusiasm with common sense and skepticism. "La vision optimiste de ma sœur sur le nouveau travail nécessitait une bonne dose de scepticisme – elle devait tempérer son enthousiasme avec du bon sens et du scepticisme.attitudecharactermindphilosophyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIndignation, outrage, disputeIndignation; outrage; arguing."His salt over the unfair grading was obvious; he argued loudly with the teacher. "Son indignation face à la notation injuste était évidente ; il s'est disputé bruyamment avec le professeur.emotionattitudecharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSalerTo add salt to."to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter"Saler le poisson, le bœuf ou le porc ; saler les rues de la ville en hiver.foodsubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSalerTo deposit salt as a saline solution."The brine begins to salt."La saumure commence à saler.geologychemistryenvironmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSalerTo fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber."The shipwrights salted the wooden hull to prevent rot. "Les charpentiers ont salé la coque en bois pour prévenir la pourriture.nauticalsailingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInjecter, introduireTo insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have."The chef salted the soup to enhance its flavor. "Le chef a salé la soupe pour rehausser sa saveur.technicalprocesschemistryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRelever, agrémenterTo include colorful language in."To make the meeting more interesting, the manager salted his comments with some jokes. "Pour rendre la réunion plus intéressante, le responsable a relevé ses commentaires avec quelques blagues.languagecommunicationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSalerTo add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive."The cybersecurity team salted the encrypted data before sending it, making it much harder to crack. "L'équipe de cybersécurité a salé les données chiffrées avant de les envoyer, ce qui a rendu leur décryptage beaucoup plus difficile.computingtechnologyinternettechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSaléSalty; salted."salt beef; salt tears"Du bœuf salé ; des larmes saléesfoodsensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSaléSaline."a salt marsh; salt grass"un marais salé ; herbe saléechemistrysubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSalinRelated to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use."The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure."L'usine saline est un élément clé de liaison dans l'infrastructure de l'eau de mer.geologymaterialsubstancechemistrymineralessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSalé, piquant, âcreBitter; sharp; pungent."The criticism from her teacher was very salt, making her feel bad. "Les critiques de son professeur étaient très piquantes, ce qui la faisait se sentir mal.sensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLibidineux, lubriqueSalacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat."The gossip about the new teacher was quite salt, focusing on suggestive rumors rather than her teaching abilities. "Les ragots sur la nouvelle enseignante étaient assez libidineux, se concentrant sur des rumeurs suggestives plutôt que sur ses capacités pédagogiques.sexanimalbodyhumanmoralessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCoûteux, cherCostly; expensive."That new phone is quite salt, costing almost twice as much as my old one. "Ce nouveau téléphone est assez cher, coûtant presque deux fois plus que mon ancien.valuebusinesseconomyassetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading