English

Proper noun

Sal

1. A diminutive of the male given names Samuel and Salvador.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Sally.
3. One of the Cape Verde islands.

Anagrams

• asl, a/s/l, ASL
• las
• LSA
• SLA

English

Noun

sal ‎(uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) salt

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• asl, a/s/l, ASL, las, LSA, SLA

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zal.

Verb

sal ‎(present sal, past sou)

1. shall, will

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal m ‎(plural sales)

1. salt

Catalan

Noun

sal m ‎(plural sals)

1. salt

Chairel

Noun

sal

1. sun

References

• W. McCulloch, Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages (1859, Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse salr, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, *sel-.

Noun

sal c (singular definite salen, plural indefinite sale)

1. hall, room

Declension

Derived terms

• retssal

Esperanto

Interjection

sal

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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal f

1. salt

Galician

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal m

1. salt

Icelandic

Noun

sal

1. indefinite accusative singular of salur
2. indefinite dative singular of salur

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal

1. salt

Kurdish

Noun

sal f

1. year

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

Cognates include Sanskrit सलिल ‎(salila), Old Armenian աղ ‎(ał), Ancient Greek ἅλς ‎(háls), Tocharian A sāle, and Old English sealt (English salt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saːl/, [saːɫ]

Noun

sāl m, n ‎(genitive salis); third declension   Can be masculine or neuter, but the plural is masculine (sales).

1. salt

   cum grānō salis : with a grain of salt

2. wit

Inflection

This table shows how sāl is inflected when it is masculine. If neuter, the accusative is sāl.

Third declension.

Derived terms

• salō
• saliō
• sāl petrae, sāl petræ (stone salt; possibly "salt of Petra")

Descendants

Lojban

Rafsi

sal

1. rafsi of sakli.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse salr.

Noun

sal m ‎(definite singular salen, indefinite plural saler, definite plural salene)

1. a large room in which parties and meetings and similar are held; a hall.

Derived terms

• gymnastikksal, gymsal
• rettssal

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sǫðull.

Alternative forms

• sadel

Noun

sal m ‎(definite singular salen, indefinite plural saler, definite plural salene)

1. a saddle

References

• “sal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse salr.

Noun

sal m ‎(definite singular salen, indefinite plural salar, definite plural salane)

1. a large room in which parties and meetings and similar are held; a hall

Derived terms

• gymnastikksal, gymsal
• rettssal

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sǫðull.

Noun

sal m ‎(definite singular salen, indefinite plural salar, definite plural salane)

1. a saddle

Etymology 3

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.

Novial

Verb

sal ‎(past saled, active participle salent)

1. (auxiliary) shall, will, goes in front of a verb in order to mark it as having the future tense

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sailą ‎(“rope”). Cognate with Old Saxon sēl (Dutch zeel), Old High German seil (German Seil).

Noun

sāl m

1. rope, cord, rein

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• English: sole

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salem, accusative of sāl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsal]

Noun

sal f (plural sales)

1. salt
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 61r.

     Et ſu ṕpriedat es de aborrecer la ſal tanto que bié parece que a entramas grand enemiztat. ca ſi las ponen en uno. quiebra la piedra ¬ mueles; ¬ la ſal pierde la ſalgadumbre que a en ella.

     And its property is that it loathes salt so much that it would seem that there is a great enmity between them both, for if they are placed together, the stone breaks, and the salt loses all the saltiness within.

Related terms

• salado
• salgadumbre
• salgadura

Descendants

• Spanish: sal

Portuguese

Saleiros com sal.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw/
• Rhymes: -aw

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese sal, from Latin salem ‎(“salt, wit”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- ‎(“salt”).

Noun

sal m (plural sais)

1. salt (sodium chloride, a substance used as a condiment and preservative)
2. (chemistry) salt (any compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base)
3. (chiefly in the plural) bath salt (any of several inorganic salts sometimes added to bath water)
4. (figuratively) wit; the quality of being engaging

Synonyms

• (sodium chloride): cloreto de sódio, sal de cozinha
• (bath salt): sal de banho
• (wit): graça

Derived terms

• salzinho (diminutive)

Related terms

• salada
• saleiro
• salgar
• salga
• salgado

Etymology 2

Noun

sal m (plural sais)

1. (rare) sal (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sal]

Etymology 1

From Turkish şal, 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)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sal/
• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish sal, from Latin sāl (compare 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

Related terms

• salado
• salitre
• salso, salsa

Etymology 2

Verb

sal

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse salr, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, *sel-.

Pronunciation

Noun

sal c

1. a large room (for dining or meetings)

Declension

Related terms

• hörsal
• matsal

Turkish

Noun

sal ‎(definite accusative salı, plural sallar)

1. raft

Verb

sal ‎(third-person singular simple present salar)

1. set free!

Venetian

Alternative forms

• sale

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sal m (plural sałi)

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

sal m (plural sali)

1. (chemistry) salt

Volapük

Noun

sal ‎(plural sals)

1. salt

Declension