salaire

From Old French salaire, from Latin salārium, probably a semi-learned borrowing. Cf. also the inherited Old French salier, saler (and modern salière).

• IPA^(key): /sa.lɛʁ/

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salaire m (plural salaires)

1. salary, wage

• à travail égal, salaire égal
• salaire de misère
• salaire minimum
• tout travail mérite salaire

• sel

• “salaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• réalisa, salarié, salerai

• salarie (Anglo-Norman)

From Latin salārium, probably a semi-learned borrowing. Cf. also salier, saler, which were inherited.

salaire m or f

1. salary (fixed amount of money paid to a worker per month, per year, etc.)

• → English: salary
• Middle French: salaire
  • French: salaire