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sal en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /sæl/

Etymology

From Middle English sal, from Latin sal. Doublet of salt.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable) Salt.

Deriveds

sal plumbi · sal absinthii · sal de duobus · sal jovis · sal microcosmicum · sal seignette · sal alembroth · sal acetosellae · sal enixum · sal culinarius · sal sedativus · sal vitrioli · sal volatile · sal ammoniac · sal martis · sal prunella · sal soda · sal duplicatum · sal cyrenaicus · sal gemmae · sal Saturni · sal catharticus · sal diureticus

sal en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /sɑːl/

Etymology

From Hindi साल (sāl), from Sanskrit शाल (śāla).

Meanings

1. 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:

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Relateds

sal sac

Translations (10)

ja 沙羅 (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · mai साल (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · ml കൈമരുത് (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · hi साल (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · bn শাল (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · bg сал (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · pt sal (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · sa शाल (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · ja 沙羅 (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) · ne साल (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree)

sal en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Si (silicon) + Al (aluminum).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of sial.
   alt of sial
   • Wegener bases his theory of the drifting continents on the assumption that there are two distinct levels to be taken into account, the surface of the masses of "sal" which form the continents and the surface of the "sima" in which they float. 1923 March 14, G. Vibert Douglas, A.V. Douglas, “Note on the Interpretation of the Wegener Frequency Curve”, in Geological Magazine, volume 60, number 3, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 108:

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