salvage

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US /ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like selvage /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #11118

Meanings

1

verb
To save something from being lost, damaged, or destroyed.

They managed to salvage a few photographs from the burnt house.
2

verb
To rescue something good from a situation that has otherwise failed.

A late goal salvaged a draw for the home team.
3

noun
The rescue of a ship, its crew, or cargo from a wreck or fire.

The salvage of the sunken cargo took several weeks.

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Word family

Forms salvagedsalvagessalvaging

Derived forms postsalvageresalvagesalvagablesalvageabilitysalvageablesalvageesalvagerunsalvaged

Related forms salvation

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salvage value
the estimated amount an asset will retain at the end of its useful life

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Salvage appeared in the mid-17th century and originally meant payment for saving a ship. It ultimately derives from Latin salvus “uninjured, safe,” also the source of safety and save.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

salvatge ca *salvāticus la-lat silvāticus Latin

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# salvage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 11118

## Meanings
1. To save something from being lost, damaged, or destroyed.
2. To rescue something good from a situation that has otherwise failed.
3. The rescue of a ship, its crew, or cargo from a wreck or fire.

## Examples
- They managed to salvage a few photographs from the burnt house.
- A late goal salvaged a draw for the home team.
- The salvage of the sunken cargo took several weeks.

## Derived Forms
- postsalvage
- resalvage
- salvagable
- salvageability
- salvageable
- salvagee
- salvager
- unsalvaged

## Related Forms
- salvation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: salvatge
- Root: *salvāticus
- Root: silvāticus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

## AI Etymology
Salvage is borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”). In present-day use, it can mean to save something from being lost, damaged, or destroyed, or to rescue something good from a situation that has otherwise failed. Related forms include salvation. Derived formations include postsalvage, resalvage, salvagable, salvageability, salvageable.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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