sal

See also Sal, sál, şal, šal, and šál

English

Etymology 1

Noun

sal (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) salt

Usage notes

Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.

Derived terms

• sal absinthii
• sal acetosellae
• sal alembroth
• sal ammoniac
• sal catharticus
• sal culinarius
• sal cyrenaicus
• sal de duobus
• sal duplicatum
• sal diureticus
• sal enixum
• sal gemmae
• sal jovis
• sal martis
• sal microcosmicum
• sal plumbi
• sal Saturni
• sal sedativus
• sal seignette
• sal soda
• sal vitrioli
• sal volatile

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• saul
• shala

Noun

sal (plural sals)

1. Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
   • 1989, Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)

     As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

Anagrams

• asl, a/s/l, ASL, las, LSA, SLA

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zal.

Verb

sal (preterite sou)

1. shall, will

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Asturian

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal m (plural sales)

1. salt

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Esperanto

Abbreviation

sal

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of saluton (“hello”).

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal f

1. salt

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal m

1. salt

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Kurdish

Noun

sal f

1. year

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-. Cognates include Sanskrit सलिल (salila), Old Armenian աղ (ał), Ancient Greek ἅλς (hals), Tocharian A sāle, and Old English sealt (English salt).

Noun

sāl (genitive salis); m, third declension

1. salt

   cum grānō salis : with a grain of salt

2. wit

Inflection

Third declension (3).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāl	salēs
genitive	salis	salum
dative	salī	salibus
accusative	salem	salēs
ablative	sale	salibus
vocative	sāl	salēs

Derived terms

• salary
• salo
• sāl petrae, sāl petræ (stone salt; possibly "salt of Petra")

Descendants

Aromanian: sare Catalan: sal Italian: sale French: sel Friulian: sâl Galician: sal

Occitan: sal, sau Portuguese: sal Romagnol: sêl Romanian: sare Romansch: sal Sicilian: sali Spanish: sal

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Lojban

Rafsi

sal

1. rafsi of sakli.

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse salr.

Noun

sal m

1. A large room in which parties and meetings and similar are held.

Inflection

    Inflection of sal

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	sal	salen	saler	salene
Nynorsk m	sal	salen	salar	salane

References

• “sal” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sǫðull.

Alternative forms

• sadel (Bokmål)

Noun

sal m

1. saddle

Inflection

    Inflection of sal

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	sal	salen	saler	salene
Nynorsk m	sal	salen	salar	salane

References

• “sal” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sal (“payment”).

Noun

sal n (definite singular salet; indefinite plural sal; definite plural sala)

1. sale

Related terms

• selja, selje
• marknad

References

• “sal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old English

Etymology

From West Proto-Germanic Cognate with Old Saxon sēl (Dutch zeel), Old High German seil (German Seil).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑːl/

Noun

sāl m

1. rope, cord, rein

Descendants

• English: sole

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Portuguese

Noun

sal m (plural sais)

1. salt

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sal]

Etymology 1

From Turkish sal, from Persian شال (šāl).

Noun

sal n (plural saluri)

1. (rare) shawl, scarf

Synonyms

• șal

Etymology 2

Shortened form of salut.

Interjection

sal!

1. (informal) hey!
2. (informal) bye!

Synonyms

• salut (1, 2)
• pa (2)

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) sel

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Noun

sal m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) salt

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sal/, X-SAMPA: /sal/

Wikipedia ^es

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology 1

From Latin sāl (cf. Catalan sal, French sel, Italian sale, Portuguese sal, Romanian sare), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-, a root shared by English salt.

Noun

sal f (plural sales)

1. salt; table salt
2. (chemistry) salt

Synonyms

• (table salt): sal común f, sal de mesa f

Derived terms

agua salada f salar v sal común f

sal de mesa f salero m salino

sal marina f salobre

Related terms

• salado
• salitre
• salso, salsa

Etymology 2

Verb

sal (infinitive salir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of salir.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

sal c

1. a large room (for dining or meetings)

Declension

Declension of sal

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sal	salen	salar	salarna
genitive	sals	salens	salars	salarnas

Related terms

• hörsal
• matsal

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Turkish

Noun

sal (definite accusative salı, plural sallar)

1. raft

Verb

sal (third-person singular simple present salar)

1. set free!

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• sale

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

Wikipedia ^vec

sal m (plural sałi)

1. salt (sodium chloride, non-chemical usage)

sal m (plural sali)

1. (chemistry) salt

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Volapük

Noun

sal (plural sals)

1. salt

Declension

declension of sal

	singular	plural
nominative	sal	sals
genitive	sala	salas
dative	sale	sales
accusative	sali	salis
predicative	salu	salus
vocative	o sal!	o sals!