salp
/sælp/noun
salp is a noun meaning “Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-L-P, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of salp is salps.
What does salp mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae.
noun
- 1
plural of salpa
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce salp?
- /sælp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-salp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of salp
- salps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is salp?
Salp appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Salp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense free-swimming tunicate of the genus Salpa:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Salpe |
| Portuguese | salpa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does salp come from?
From French salpe, from Ancient Greek σᾰ́λπη (sắlpē, “porgy”). Doublet of salpa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).