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Webster 1913 Edition


Sal


Sal

(sa̤l)
,
Noun.
[Hind.
sāl
, Skr.
çāla
.]
(Bot.)
An East Indian timber tree (
Shorea robusta
), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
[Written also
saul
.]

Sal

(săl)
,
Noun.
[L. See
Salt
.]
(Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
Sal absinthii
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood (
Artemisia Absinthium
).
Sal acetosellae
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth
.
(Old Chem.)
See
Alembroth
.
Sal ammoniac
(Chem.)
,
ammonium chloride,
NH4Cl
, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel’s dung at the temple of Jupiter
Ammon
in Africa. Called also
muriate of ammonia
.
Sal catharticus
[NL.]
(Old Med. Chem.)
,
Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius
[L.]
(Old Chem.)
,
common salt, or sodium chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus
.
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
See
Sal ammoniac
above.
Sal de duobus
,
Sal duplicatum
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
potassium sulphate; – so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline.
Sal diureticus
[NL.]
(Old Med. Chem.)
,
potassium acetate.
Sal enixum
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae
[NL.]
(Old Min.)
,
common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
salt tin, or stannic chloride; – the alchemical name of tin being
Jove
.
Sal Martis
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; – the alchemical name of iron being
Mars
.
Sal microcosmicum
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
See
Microcosmic salt
, under
Microcosmic
.
Sal plumbi
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
sugar of lead.
Sal prunella
.
(Old Chem.)
See
Prunella salt
, under 1st
Prunella
.
Sal Saturni
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
sugar of lead, or lead acetate; – the alchemical name of lead being
Saturn
.
Sal sedativus
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
sedative salt, or boric acid.
Sal Seignette
[F.
seignette
,
sel de seignette
]
(Chem.)
,
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda
(Chem.)
,
sodium carbonate. See under
Sodium
.
Sal vitrioli
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
white vitriol; zinc sulphate.
Sal volatile
.
[NL.]
(a)
(Chem.)
See
Sal ammoniac
, above.
(b)
Spirits of ammonia.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sal

SAL

,
Noun.
[See Salt.] Salt; a word much used in chimistry and pharmacy.

Definition 2024


Sal

Sal

See also: sal, sál, şal, šal, šál, sâl, and śal

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

sal

sal

See also: Sal, sàl, sál, şal, šal, šál, sâl, and śal

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

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


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


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 (), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), Tocharian A sāle, and Old English sealt (English salt).

Pronunciation

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.

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sǫðull.

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. a saddle

References


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

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

References


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


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


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
Derived terms
  • salzinho (diminutive)
  • sal ácido
  • sal amargo
  • sal amoníaco
  • sal ático
  • sal básico
  • sal curado
Related terms

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

Etymology 2

Shortened form of salut.

Interjection

sal!

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

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
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sal

  1. Informal second-person singular () 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

Inflection of sal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sal salen salar salarna
Genitive sals salens salars salarnas

Related terms


Turkish

Noun

sal (definite accusative salı, plural sallar)

  1. raft

Verb

sal (third-person singular simple present salar)

  1. set free!

Venetian

Alternative forms

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