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salve is pronounced in one syllable
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video examples of salve pronunciation
An example use of salve in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… wants to put a salve on the sore that …”
meanings of salve
To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
To calm or assuage.
To say “salve" to; to greet; to salute.
To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
Hail; a greeting.
salve frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word salve occurs in english on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.