salvo
/ˈsælvoʊ/noun, verb
salvo is spelled S-A-L-V-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, salvo means “An exception; a reservation; an excuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of salvo is salvos or salvoes.
How many letters and syllables are in salvo?
| Letters | 5: S-A-L-V-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is salvo?
Salvo appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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).
How do you pronounce salvo?
- UK /ˈsælvəʊ/
- US /ˈsælvoʊ/
Salvo has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-salvo.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of salvo
- salvos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- salvoes plural
- salvoing participle, present
- salvoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does salvo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- 2
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- 3
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
- 4
Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
- 5
The combined cheers of a crowd.
verb
- 1
To discharge weapons in a salvo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Salvo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense concentrated fire from pieces of artillery:
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 salvo come from?
From Latin salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of salvāre (“to save, to reserve”), either from salvo jure (“the right being reserved”), or from salvo errore et omissone (“reserving error and omission”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).