saliva

Other forms of saliva

plural

salivas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about saliva

What does saliva mean?

saliva means "a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches".

How many syllables are in saliva?

saliva has 3 syllables: sa-li-va. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /səˈlaɪvə/.

What is another word for saliva?

Close synonyms include spit, spittle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saliva a common word?

saliva is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.