salutation

Other forms of salutation

plural

salutations·

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 salutation

What does salutation mean?

salutation means "an act of honor or courteous recognition". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in salutation?

salutation has 5 syllables: sa-lu-ta-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for salutation?

Close synonyms include salute, greeting. 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 salutation a common word?

salutation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.