sisal
English
Etymology
Named after Sisal, Yucatán.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪsəl/
- Rhymes: -aɪsəl
Noun
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, Abacus, published 2010, page 456:
- Our bedding consisted of a single sisal or straw mat.
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsisɑl/, [ˈs̠is̠ɑl]
- Rhymes: -isɑl
- Syllabification(key): si‧sal
Declension
| Inflection of sisal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | sisalein | |
| abessive | sisalitta | sisaleitta | |
| comitative | — | sisaleineen | |
| Possessive forms of sisal (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sisalini | sisalimme |
| 2nd person | sisalisi | sisalinne |
| 3rd person | sisalinsa | |
Compounds
French
Further reading
- “sisal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
sisal m (definite singular sisalen, indefinite plural sisalar, definite plural sisalane)
- sisal (plant, fibres)
References
- “sisal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Spanish
Further reading
- “sisal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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