sisal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Sisal, Yucatán.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sisal (countable and uncountable, plural sisals)
- A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope.
- The fibre of the plant.
- (rare) A sisal mat.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 456:
- Our bedding consisted of a single sisal or straw mat.
Translations
[edit]plant
fiber
mat
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Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sisal
- sisal
- Synonym: sisalkuitu
Declension
[edit]Inflection of sisal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sisal | sisalit | ||
genitive | sisalin | sisalien | ||
partitive | sisalia | sisaleja | ||
illative | sisaliin | sisaleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sisal | sisalit | ||
accusative | nom. | sisal | sisalit | |
gen. | sisalin | |||
genitive | sisalin | sisalien | ||
partitive | sisalia | sisaleja | ||
inessive | sisalissa | sisaleissa | ||
elative | sisalista | sisaleista | ||
illative | sisaliin | sisaleihin | ||
adessive | sisalilla | sisaleilla | ||
ablative | sisalilta | sisaleilta | ||
allative | sisalille | sisaleille | ||
essive | sisalina | sisaleina | ||
translative | sisaliksi | sisaleiksi | ||
abessive | sisalitta | sisaleitta | ||
instructive | — | sisalein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “sisal”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]sisal m (plural sisals)
- sisal (plant, fibre)
Further reading
[edit]- “sisal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]sisal m (definite singular sisalen, indefinite plural sisalar, definite plural sisalane)
- sisal (plant, fibres)
References
[edit]- “sisal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sisal m (plural sisali)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sisal
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]sisal m (plural sisales)
Further reading
[edit]- “sisal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- en:Agavoideae subfamily plants
- en:Fibers
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- Rhymes:Finnish/isɑl
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