salubrious

English

WOTD – 16 July 2006

Etymology

FromLatinsalūbris(“healthy”)+‎-ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/səˈl(j)uː.bɹi.əs/
• (US)enPR:sə-lo͞o'brē-əs,IPA^(key):/səˈlu.bɹi.əs/

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Adjective

salubrious(comparativemoresalubrious,superlativemostsalubrious)

1. Promotinghealthor well-being;wholesome,especially relating to food or air.

   Synonyms:healful,healthful,healthy,salutary

   Antonyms:insalubrious,insalutary

Quotations

• (2001,Francis Forster,Cockles and Mussels,iUniverse→ISBN,page 133)
  Ireland has a mild, genial andsalubriousclimate, I remember from my geography lessons.Salubrious,my foot! Unless you takesalubriousto mean a regular downpour the whole year round, with, in between, a penetrating dampness that'd...

Related terms

• salubriously
• salubriousness
• salubrity

Translations

promoting health

• Bulgarian:здравословен(bg)(zdravosloven)
• Catalan:salubre
• Czech:léčivý(cs),zdraví prospěšný
• Dutch:heilzaam(nl)
• Esperanto:sanfavora
• Faroese:heilsugóður,heilsugevandi
• Finnish:terveellinen(fi)
• French:salubre(fr)
• Galician:salubre(gl)
• Georgian:ჯანსაღი(ǯansaɣi),ჯანმრთელი(ǯanmrteli),სასარგებლო(sasargeblo),სამკურნალო(samḳurnalo)
• German:bekömmlich(de),heilsam(de),zuträglich(de),gesundheitsfördernd
• Icelandic:heilsusamlegt
• Italian:salubre(it)
• Latin:salūber
• Macedonian:здрав(zdrav),ле́ковит(lékovit)
• Polish:zdrowy(pl)
• Portuguese:salubre(pt),saudável(pt)
• Romanian:salubru(ro),sănătos(ro)
• Russian:целе́бный(ru)(celébnyj),цели́тельный(ru)(celítelʹnyj),здоро́вый(ru)(zdoróvyj),поле́зный(ru)(poléznyj)
• Spanish:salubre(es)
• Swedish:hälsosam(sv),frisk(sv)(especially when related to air)
• Turkish:sağlığa yararlı

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• Norwegian:^{(pleaseverify)}helsebringende