salāts

Etymology
Via other European languages (cf. 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), ultimately a borrowing from, from , from , apparently initially a reference to the sauce (e.g., “salted vegetables”).

Noun

 * 1) lettuce herbaceous plant of the family, esp., cultivated for its edible leaves
 * 2)  lettuce the edible leaves of this plant
 * 3)  salad food consisting of fresh or cooked vegetables, perhaps with meat or fish, all cut together and served with sauce, oil, or vinegar
 * 1)  lettuce the edible leaves of this plant
 * 2)  salad food consisting of fresh or cooked vegetables, perhaps with meat or fish, all cut together and served with sauce, oil, or vinegar
 * 1)  salad food consisting of fresh or cooked vegetables, perhaps with meat or fish, all cut together and served with sauce, oil, or vinegar
 * 1)  salad food consisting of fresh or cooked vegetables, perhaps with meat or fish, all cut together and served with sauce, oil, or vinegar
 * 1)  salad food consisting of fresh or cooked vegetables, perhaps with meat or fish, all cut together and served with sauce, oil, or vinegar

Usage notes
The singular forms are only found when referring to the lettuce plant. The vegetable, as well as the salad, are almost invariably referred to with plural forms.