salvific
/sælˈvɪf.ɪk/adjective
salvific is an adjective meaning “Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-L-V-I-F-I-C, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does salvific mean?
adjective
- 1
Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce salvific?
- /sælˈvɪf.ɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of salvific
- more salvific comparative
- most salvific superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is salvific?
Salvific appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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).
Salvific in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able or intending to provide salvation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | salvífico |
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 salvific come from?
From Late Latin salvificus, from Latin salvus (“saved, safe”) + facio (“make”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).