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salvo¹

  • /ˈsælvəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsælvoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

From Latin salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of salvāre (“to save, to reserve”), either from salvo jure (“the right being reserved”), or from salvo errore et omissone (“reserving error and omission”).

noun salvos · salvoes

  1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse. 1649, Charles I of England (attributed), Eikon Basilike They admit […] salvos, cautions, and reservations.

salvo²

  • /ˈsælvəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsælvoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

An alteration from 1719 of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salva (“salute, volley”) (compare French salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve (“hail”), the usual Roman greeting, imperative of salvere (“to be in good health”).

noun salvos · salvoes

  1. A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. “Regard not that, my brother,” answered Magdalen Græme; “the first successors of Saint Peter himself, were elected not in sunshine but in tempests—not in the halls of the Vatican, but in the subterranean vaults and dungeons of Heathen Rome—they were not gratulated with shouts and salvos of cannon-sh
  3. broadly Any volley, as in an argument or debate. It was an impressive opening salvo from the Baggies, especially for a side that have made a poor beginning to what has been an admittedly tough start to their campaign.
  4. The combined cheers of a crowd.

verb salvos · salvoing · salvoed

  1. ambitransitive To discharge weapons in a salvo.

Salvo³

Where it comes from

Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan (Salvó) surname, all from the adjective salvo (“safe, saved”), or from its Latin source salvus (“safe”), found in names like Salvus and Salvone.

proper noun Salvos

  1. A surname from Italian.

Salvo⁴

proper noun

  1. A census-designated place in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.

    Similar: Clarks, Clarksville

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noun concentrated fire from pieces of artillery

Españolsalva, andanada
한국어일제 사격 ilje sagyeok
日本語斉射 seisha
中文齊射 /齐射 qíshè
Portuguêssalva
Françaissalve
DeutschSalve
Italianosalva
Ελληνικάομοβροντία omovrontía
Românăsalvă
Русскийзалп zalp

noun salute paid by a simultaneous firing of a number of cannons

DeutschSalve
Italianosalva
Românăsalvă
Русскийзалп zalp

noun any volley, as in an argument or debate

DeutschSalve

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@misc{salvo_2026,
  title = {salvo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salvo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}