salin
French, noun/sa.lɛ̃/
salin is spelled S-A-L-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salin is a French masculine noun meaning “salt evaporation pond” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marais salant”.
What does salin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
saline
- 2
salt
noun
- 1
masculinesalt evaporation pond
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui contient du sel ; qui est de la nature du sel.
noun: 1. Marais salant.
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 salin
- saline feminine
- salins masculine plural
- salines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salin?
- /sa.lɛ̃/
- \sa.lɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salin in French?
salin appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).