salish
French, adjective\sa.liʃ\
salish is a French adjective meaning “Salishan: synonym of salishen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux langues salish”.
What does salish mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Salishan: synonym of salishen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux langues salish. 2. Relatif au salish, aussi appelé kalispel, une des langues de la famille salish.
noun: 1. Famille de langues amérindiennes. 2. Langue amérindienne de la famille salish parlée par les Têtes-Plates, les Kalispels, les Pend’oreilles.
noun: 1. Personne du peuple salish, peuple amérindien du Nord-Ouest des États-Unis et du Sud-Ouest du Canada.
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 salish
- salishe alternative
- sélish alternative
- sélishe alternative
- salich alternative
- saliche alternative
- sélich alternative
- séliche alternative
- salishs plural masculine
- salishes plural feminine
- Salishs plural
- Salishe feminine
- Salich
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salish?
- \sa.liʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salish in French?
salish appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).