salient

Etymology
The heraldic sense “leaping” and the sense “projecting outward” are borrowed from, the accusative form of , present participle of. The senses “prominent” and “pertinent” are relatively recent, and derive from the phrase, which is a calque of the , a translation of Aristotle's term for the embryonal heart visible in (opened) eggs, which he thought seemed to move already. Compare also the German calque.

Adjective

 * 1) Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
 * 2) Prominent; conspicuous.
 * 3)  Depicted in a leaping posture. Vågå komm.svg
 * 4)  Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
 * 5)  Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
 * 6)  Shooting or springing out; projecting.
 * 7)  Denoting any angle less than two right angles.
 * 1)  Depicted in a leaping posture. Vågå komm.svg
 * 2)  Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
 * 3)  Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
 * 4)  Shooting or springing out; projecting.
 * 5)  Denoting any angle less than two right angles.
 * 1)  Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
 * 2)  Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
 * 3)  Shooting or springing out; projecting.
 * 4)  Denoting any angle less than two right angles.
 * 1)  Shooting or springing out; projecting.
 * 2)  Denoting any angle less than two right angles.
 * 1)  Denoting any angle less than two right angles.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: bemærkelsesværdig
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Georgian: აღსანიშნავი, ყურადსაღები
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, , degno di nota,
 * Macedonian: зна́чаен
 * Maori: tāpua
 * Persian:
 * Russian:, , достойный внимания
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: prominent
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: გამოჩენილი
 * Macedonian: ви́ден, очи́гледен
 * Maori: tāpua, kо̄hure
 * Norwegian: fremtredende
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, framspringande


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Persian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, , , i språng

Noun

 * 1)  An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.


 * 1)  A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.
 * 2)  An overall-convex, protruding section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
 * 1)  A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.
 * 2)  An overall-convex, protruding section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
 * 1)  An overall-convex, protruding section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
 * 1)  An overall-convex, protruding section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: vestingswerk, vooruitstekend deel
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, rintamakiila
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: Frontvorsprung,, Frontausbuchtung
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: saliero
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fremskutt del av front
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Swedish:, utskjutande
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * German:, Gebietszipfel, Landzipfel, Halbenklave