French word

salière

Pronunciation

IPA/saljɛʁ/

Meaning

  • feminine nounsalt shaker

Example

Passe-moi la salière, s'il te plaît.

Pass me the salt shaker, please.

Illustration for salière (salt shaker)

More examples

Il a pris la salière pour saler la soupe.

He took the salt shaker to salt the soup.

Core concept

A small table container designed to sprinkle or pour a little salt onto food.

Common phrases

  • prendre la salière

    take the salt shaker

  • mettre la salière sur la table

    put the salt shaker on the table

Similar words

poivrière: A small shaker used to sprinkle pepper at the table.
sel: A white crystalline substance used to season food.

Definition in French

Petit récipient de table destiné à contenir du sel et à en verser une petite quantité.

Word origin

Salière comes through Old French from Latin sal, 'salt', with the container-forming suffix -ière.

Usage tips

  • Salière is feminine, so standard forms include une salière and la salière; its common table companion is une poivrière.

Other meanings

  • salt cellarnoun

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