salaison
French, noun/sa.lɛ.zɔ̃/
salaison is spelled S-A-L-A-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salaison is a French feminine noun meaning “act of salting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de saler les viandes ou autres provisions, pour les conserver longtemps”.
What does salaison mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineact of salting
- 2
femininesalt meat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de saler les viandes ou autres provisions, pour les conserver longtemps 2. Denrées alimentaires qui ont été salées pour être conservées.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of salaison
- salaisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salaison?
- /sa.lɛ.zɔ̃/
- /sa.le.zɔ̃/
- \sa.lɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salaison in French?
salaison appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).