salvo
UK/ˈsælvəʊ//ˈsælvoʊ/
salvo noun: an exception; a reservation; an excuse.
Noun (1)
salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)
- An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- They admit […] salvos, cautions, and reservations.1649, Charles I of England (attributed), Eikon Basilike
Noun (2)
salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)
- A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- 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...1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
- 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.2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport
- Together, Johnson's plans mean that the clashes in parliament and the Supreme Court may be only the opening salvos in what promises to be the biggest constitutional storm in centuries.2019 October 6, Tim Shipman, Caroline Wheeler, “'Sack me if you dare,' Johnson will tell Queen”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,178, page 1
- The combined cheers of a crowd.
Verb
salvo (third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)
- To discharge weapons in a salvo.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Salvo
Salvo (plural Salvos)
- A surname from Italian.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Salvo
Salvo
- A census-designated place in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
- Synonyms:
- Clarks, Clarksville
salvo meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
salvo in Tamil
- வேட்டுவரிசை, கடற்படை வேட்டுவரிசை, வேட்டுவரிசை வணக்கமுறை, ஒருமுறை அளிக்கப்படம் கைகொட்டாரவாரம்
salvo in Urdu
- بہانہ, تردد
salvo in Malayalam
- കരഘോഷം, രക്ഷാവകുപ്പ്, ഉപായം, കൂട്ടവെടി, ആർപ്പുവിളി
salvo in Kannada
- ಗುಂಡು ಸುರಿಮಳೆ, ಚಪ್ಪಾಳೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- salvo in Indonesian
- salvo
- salvo in Persian
- آتش همزمان âtaš-e hamzamân
Examples of salvo in a sentence
- The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.
- The first salvo fell short; the next was long; the third was a straddle.
- About April 10 we fired our fish in two salvoes at a convoy.
Synonyms of salvo
Forms of salvo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | salvos |
| plural | salvoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | salvos |
| present participle | salvoing |
| past participle | salvoed |
| past | salvoed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Salvos |
Origin of salvo
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”).
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”).
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.
Words formed from salvo
Phrases with salvo
Questions about salvo
- What does salvo mean?
- Salvo means an exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- What is salvo in Tamil?
- Salvo in Tamil is வேட்டுவரிசை, கடற்படை வேட்டுவரிசை, வேட்டுவரிசை வணக்கமுறை. See Salvo meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is salvo?
- Salvo can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce salvo?
- Salvo is pronounced /ˈsælvəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of salvo?
- The plural of salvo is salvos.
Words near salvo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: salvo (page history and authors); Salvo (page history and authors); salvo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salvo (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salvo (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salvo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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