sůl

See also: sul, Sul, súl, sùl, sül, -sul, and -sül

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech sól, from Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsuːl]

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• Hyphenation: sůl
• Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

sůl f

1. salt (A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.)
2. (chemistry) salt (One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.)
3. (cryptography) salt (Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute-force decryption more difficult.)

Derived terms

• slaný
• slánka
• solit
• solnička
• solný

 

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