No. 11,657 in French

saliver

To salivate or drool.

In a sentence

Je commence à saliver juste en pensant au délicieux gâteau.
I start to salivate just thinking about the delicious cake.
The verb 'saliver' is used literally to express the physical reaction of salivating.
La description du plat m'a fait saliver d'envie.
The description of the dish made me salivate in desire.
Here, 'saliver' conveys metaphorical excitement and anticipation for the described item.
En voyant la récompense, il ne pouvait s'empêcher de saliver à l'idée de la gagner.
Upon seeing the reward, he couldn't help but salivate at the thought of winning it.
In this instance, 'saliver' is again used figuratively to illustrate eagerness or longing for something desirable.

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