saltine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɔlˈtin/ (General-American)
- /sɑlˈtin/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Genericized trademark. Originally a US brand name in the late 1800s, presumably salt + -ine.
Meanings
- (Canada, US) A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored cracker; a soda cracker; a soda biscuit.
- (Canada, US, ethnic, slur) A euphemism for cracker ("white person").
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| saltines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
fr craquelin (salty cracker) · es galleta de agua (salty cracker) · fr biscuit soda (salty cracker) · de Cracker (salty cracker) · es galleta de soda (salty cracker) · sh kreker (salty cracker) · it cracker (salty cracker) · sv salt kex (salty cracker) · fi voileipäkeksi (salty cracker) · es saltina (salty cracker)