salamander

Etymology
From, from , from , from , of uncertain origin (per Beekes, likely ); possibly of origin, see 🇨🇬 for more information.

Pronunciation

 * Rhymes: calamander
 * Rhymes: calamander
 * Rhymes: calamander
 * Rhymes: calamander
 * Rhymes: calamander

Noun

 * 1) A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order, superficially resembling a lizard.
 * 2)  A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire (in which it is often depicted in heraldry), hence the elemental being of fire.
 * 3)  A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.
 * 4) * 1977, Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery (discussing 19th century cookery), Rigby, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0187-6, page 41
 * The salamander, a fairly long metal utensil with a flat rounded head, was left in the fire until red hot and then used to brown the top of a dish without further cooking.
 * 1)  A small broiler (North America) or grill (Britain) that heats the food from above, used in professional cookery primarily for browning.
 * 2)  A  ( etc.)
 * 3)  A large poker.
 * 4)  Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
 * 5)  A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.
 * 6)  A fire-eater performer who pretends to swallow fire.
 * 1)  A  ( etc.)
 * 2)  A large poker.
 * 3)  Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
 * 4)  A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.
 * 5)  A fire-eater performer who pretends to swallow fire.
 * 1)  A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.
 * 2)  A fire-eater performer who pretends to swallow fire.
 * 1)  A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.
 * 2)  A fire-eater performer who pretends to swallow fire.
 * 1)  A fire-eater performer who pretends to swallow fire.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: মাগুৰ ভেকুলী, চেলামেণ্ডাৰ
 * Azerbaijani: salamandra
 * Belarusian: салама́ндра
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ဆလမန္ဒာကောင်
 * Catalan: salamandra
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: salamandr
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: пуловатракш
 * Esperanto: salamandro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, salamántiga,
 * Georgian: სალამანდრა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σαλαμάνδρα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: सैलामैंडर
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: salamandra
 * Indonesian: salamander
 * Irish: salamandar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ຊາລາແມນ
 * Latin: salamandra
 * Latvian: salamandra
 * Lithuanian: gonys
 * Macedonian: до́ждовник, салама́ндер
 * Malay: semandar, salamander
 * Manx: salamander
 * Mi'kmaq: taqtaloq
 * Navajo: tsxilghááh
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Äajdakjs, Äajdakjsel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: wata wata
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: loisgean
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: даждевњак
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, salamandra
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bangkalang
 * Thai: ซาลาแมนเดอร์
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: салама́ндра
 * Uzbek:, salamandar
 * Vietnamese: kì giông, cá cóc
 * Volapük: salmun
 * Welsh: salamandr


 * Esperanto: salamandro
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
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 * Polish:
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 * Finnish:
 * German:
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 * Finnish: salamanterigrilli
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To use a salamander (cooking utensil) in a cooking process.
 * 2) * 19th century (quoted 1977), recipe in Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, ISBN 978-0-7270-0187-0, page 41:
 * When cold, sprinkle the custard thickly with sugar and salamander it.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * , amphibian of the order

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * , amphibian of the order

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , of uncertain origin.

Noun

 * 1) a  (amphibian of the order Caudata)
 * 2)  a
 * 3)  a

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) salamander, amphibian of the order