sal
/sæl/
sal noun: salt. Also the alternative form of sial.
Noun (1)
sal (uncountable)
- Salt.
Noun (2)
IPA/sɑːl/
sal (plural sals)
- Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
- As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.1989, Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement, page 18
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sal
Sal
- A diminutive of the male given names Salomon, Salvador, and Salvatore.
- Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue.1996, Television Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, volume XXVIII, number 3, page 4
- A diminutive of the female given name Sally.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sal
Sal
- One of the ten islands of Cape Verde.
Noun (3) capitalized: Sal
Sal (uncountable)
- Alternative form of sal.
Noun (4) capitalized: SAL
SAL (plural SALs)
- Initialism of structural adjustment loan.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: SAL
SAL
- Initialism of Society of Antiquaries of London.
Also used as
sal is also the alternative form of sial.
sal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
sal in Hindi
- Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree
- साल sāl
sal in Tamil
- சால், சல்
sal in Bengali
- Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree
- শাল śal
More languagesFewer languages
- sal in Telugu
- సాల్
- sal in Malayalam
- കൈമരുത് kaimarutŭ
- sal in Kannada
- ಸಾಲ್
- sal in Punjabi
- ਸਲ
- sal in Gujarati
- સાલ, સલ
- sal in Odia
- ସାଲ୍, ସଲ
- sal in Sanskrit
- शाल śāla
- sal in Nepali
- साल sāl
Forms of sal
| plural | sals |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shaal |
| alternative form | shala |
| alternative form | saul |
| alternative form | Sal |
| plural | SALs |
Origin of sal
From Middle English sal, from Latin sal. Doublet of salt.
From Hindi साल (sāl), from Sanskrit शाल (śāla).
Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Si (silicon) + Al (aluminum).
Words formed from sal
- sal absinthii
- sal acetosellae
- sal alembroth
- sal ammoniac
- sal catharticus
- sal culinarius
- sal cyrenaicus
- sal de duobus
- sal diureticus
- sal duplicatum
- sal enixum
- sal gemmae
- sal jovis
- sal martis
- sal microcosmicum
- sal plumbi
- sal prunella
- sal Saturni
- sal sedativus
- sal seignette
- sal soda
- sal vitrioli
- sal volatile
Phrases with sal
Words that rhyme with sal
Questions about sal
- What does sal mean?
- Sal means salt.
- What is sal in Hindi?
- Sal in Hindi is साल (sāl). See Sal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sal?
- Sal can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sal?
- Sal is pronounced /sæl/.
- What is the plural of sal?
- The plural of sal is sals.
Words near sal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sal (page history and authors); Sal (page history and authors); SAL (page history and authors); sal (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sal (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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