salsa
French, noun\sal.sa\
salsa is spelled S-A-L-S-A (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salsa is a French feminine noun meaning “salsa (dance or music)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terme recouvrant différents genres musicaux et la danse sur cette musique”.
What does salsa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalsa (dance or music)
- 2
femininesalsa (sauce)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terme recouvrant différents genres musicaux et la danse sur cette musique. 2. Sauce mexicaine à base de poivrons, piment, oignons, tomates, etc.
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 salsa
- salsas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salsa?
- \sal.sa\
- [sal.sa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salsa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salsa in French?
salsa appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).