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salmiakki.

salty licorice, salty liquorice

9 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɑlmiɑkːi/[ˈs̠ɑ̝lmiˌɑ̝kːi]

  1. salty licorice, salty liquorice

    Salmiakista ei pidä, ellei siitä opi pitämään.

  2. sal ammoniac

    archaic

  3. rhombus (shape)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish salmiak, ultimately from a confluence of Latin sal armoniacum and Latin sal ammoniacum.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.