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Definition: SAL |
SALNoun1. Salt. 2. An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable. |
"SAL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lady", "a princess". |
Date "SAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SAL 1. Single Assignment Language. 2. Simple Actor Language. A minimal actor language, used for pedagogical purposes in: ["Actors, A Model of Concurrent Computation in Distributed Systems", G. Agha, MIT Press 1986]. (1994-12-08) 3. SPARK Annotation Language. ICL, Ltd. Used in the verification of SPARK programs against Z specifications. (1994-12-08). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Mining | See:sial. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | SAL. An abbreviation of SALIVATION. In a high sal; in the pickling tub, or under a salivation. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SAL | Dutch | Sectorale Aanpassingslening | Public Administration |
SAL | English | San Salvador | N/A |
SAL | French | Sérum antilymphocyte | Medicine |
SAL | Italian | Siero antilinfocitario | Medicine |
SAL | Swedish | Flygbefordrad ytpost | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pungency | Mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning. (condiment); niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) a; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) a. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SAL |
| English words defined with "SAL": black alkali ♦ Gas water ♦ Iron cement ♦ Rust joint ♦ Sal Cyrenaicus, sal volatile, Salmiac, Salsoda, Salt of hartshorn, sodium carbonate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SAL": Not Worth Your Salt ♦ saltpit ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SAL": Saur. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SAL" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (go, shall, will), Asturian (salt), Danish (floor, storey, story), Galician (salt), Latin (preserve with salt, sal, salsify, salt, salt down, sprinkle before sacrifice, wit), Norwegian (hall, lounge, parlour, saddle, salon, sitting room, sitting-room), Occitan (salt), Papiamen (lounge, parlour, salon, sitting-room), Portuguese (gall, sal, salt, salt water), Provencal (salt), Romansch (salt), Scottish (dross, refuse, scum), Spanish (raciness, Sal, salt, sauce, wit), Swedish (dining-room, hall, ward), Turkish (float, raft), Turkmen (raft). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Sal, Wyoming's not a country (Dog Day Afternoon; writing credit: P.F. Kluge; Thomas Moore) Yo Sal, we're gonna boycott your fat pasta ass (Do the Right Thing; writing credit: Spike Lee) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hipijok sal yuk (1973) El Espejo de Lida Sal (1966) Piwa sal (1965) Isla de sal (1964) A Arte do Sal (1963) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | From Pucker Pass Road with La Sal Mountains in background, near Moab, Utah. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |  | Area et templum Scotensium ... / Sal. Kleiner del.; I.A. Corvinus sculps. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Prospectus Palatÿ et horti suburbani ... / Sal. Kleiner I.E.M. del. ; I.A. Corvinus sculp. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Croatia | One theme of the World Bank's SAL will also be to address rigidities in the labor market. (references) |
Cape Verde | In addition to the international airport on Sal, airports have been built on all of the inhabited islands. (references) | |
Cape Verde | Cape Verde has cold storage and freezing facilities and fish processing plants in Mindelo, Praia, and on Sal. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cape Verde | No action was taken against police officers responsible for beating a detainee on Sal Island in 2000. Prison conditions are poor, and they are severely overcrowded. (references) |
Travel | Cape Verde | Rental cars are available in Praia, Mindelo and Sal. (references) |
Cape Verde | South African Airways in its route New York-Johannesburg makes daily stops at Sal international airport. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SAL" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.96% of the time. "SAL" is used about 96 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 73.96% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Noun (singular) | 20.83% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Unclassified Items | 5.21% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 96 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SAL" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sal | First name Male | 5,000 | 952 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "SAL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lady", "a princess". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "SAL." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Sarah | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Sal | Female, Male | English | Sally |
| Sally | Female | English | Sarah |
| Sarah | Female | English | N/A |
| Salli | Female | Finnish | Sally |
| Sarah | Female | French | N/A |
| Sarah | Female | German | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "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. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SAL": Sal-vee-niya. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sal | 249 | buscema sal | 10 |
sal calabro | 99 | actor sal | 9 |
sal mineo | 74 | dr sal | 9 |
cape sal verde | 60 | hotel ilha sal | 9 |
calabro dr sal | 54 | colabro sal | 9 |
alcacer portugal sal | 50 | blue berry for sal | 8 |
ixtapan de la sal | 48 | grosso restaurant sal | 8 |
carvao sal | 27 | home lapio sal | 8 |
bank cay sal | 22 | de pan sal | 8 |
prenhall.com sal uop | 21 | antasy fire first introduce proud sal style | 8 |
grosso sal | 20 | college sal | 8 |
sal paradise | 15 | sal maglie | 7 |
sal solo | 13 | sal bando | 7 |
de masa sal | 13 | la sal mountain | 7 |
cay sal | 13 | agua sal y | 7 |
ixtapan de la sal mexico | 13 | sal the stock broker | 7 |
la sal | 12 | anthony sal | 7 |
punta sal | 11 | carvao churrascaria sal | 7 |
ilha sal | 10 | sal palmetto | 7 |
kolej sal | 10 | colabro dr sal | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "SAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Kripë (broke, haloid, salt). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملح النشادر (sal ammoniac). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Сол (Sol). (various references) | |
Chinese | 婆罗双 . (various references) | |
Czech | Sùl (salt). (various references) | |
Danish | salt (salt). (various references) | |
Dutch | sal (salt, sectoral adjustment loan), zout (salt, salty). (various references) | |
Finnish | salmiakki (sal ammoniac), hajusuola (sal volatile, smelling-salts). (various references) | |
French | sel (salt). (various references) | |
German | Sal (salt), Gehalt (bulk, content, dimension, extend, pay, salary, salary package, size, stipend, substance, wage, wages), Geh.. (various references) | |
Greek | άλασ (salt). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Só (salt), Sára. (various references) | |
Italian | sale (salt). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 沙羅双樹 (sal tree), 娑羅双樹 (sal tree). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さらそうじゅ (sal tree). (various references) | |
Manx | sollan moon (sal-ammoniac). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sal (salt), nome de árvore indiana. (various references) | |
Russian | соль (g, sal 2, saline, salt), Соль. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | so (salt). (various references) | |
Spanish | Sal (raciness, salt, sauce, wit). (various references) | |
Swedish | salmiak (sal ammoniac), luktsalt (sal volatile, salvolatile, smelling salts), ammoniumklorid (sal ammoniac). (various references) | |
Thai | เกลือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | Tuz (salt), Kimyasal Tuz. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Сіль. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có pha chất thơm (sal volatile). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | sal. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 14, Verse 34 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kalon to alaV ean de to alaV mwranqh en tini artuqhsetai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Bonum est sal si autem sal quoque evanuerit in quo condietur |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | God ys sealt gif hit awyrð on þam þe hit gesylt bið. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Salt is good; but if salt vanysche, in what thing schal it be sauerid? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Salt is good but yf salt have loste hyr saltnes what shall be seasoned ther with? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Salt is good: but if the salt hath lost its savor, with what shall it be seasoned? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 14, Verse 34 |
| Cebuano | "Ang asin maoy usa ka maayong butang; apan kon ang asin kawad-an sa iyang lami, unsaon pa man sa pagpabalik sa kaparat niini? |
| Croatian | "Dobra je sol. Ali ako i sol obljutavi, èime æe se ona zaèiniti? |
| Danish | Saltet er altså godt; men dersom også Saltet mister sin Kraft, hvorved skal det da få den igen? |
| Dutch | Het zout is goed; maar indien het zout smakeloos geworden is, waarmede zal het smakelijk gemaakt worden? |
| Finnish | Suola on hyvä; mutta jos suolakin käy mauttomaksi, millä se saadaan suolaiseksi? |
| French | Le sel est une bonne chose; mais si le sel perd sa saveur, avec quoi l`assaisonnera-t-on? |
| German | Das Salz ist ein gutes Ding; wo aber das Salz dumm wird, womit wird man's würzen? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Garam itu baik, tetapi kalau menjadi tawar, mungkinkah diasinkan kembali? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun garam itu baik; tetapi jikalau garam itu menjadi tawar, dengan apakah dapat ia dimasinkan pula? |
| Italian | Il sale è buono, ma se anche il sale perdesse il sapore, con che cosa lo si saler ? |
| Latvian | Sâls ir laba lieta, bet ja sâls paliek nederîga, kâ lai to uzlabo? |
| Manx Gaelic | Ta sollan mie: agh my ta'n sollan er choayl e vlass, kys hig e vree ayn reesht? |
| Maori | No reira he pai te tote: otira ki te hemo te ha o te tote, ma te aha ka whai ha ai? |
| Norwegian | Salt er en god ting, men når også saltet mister sin kraft, hvad skal det da saltes med? |
| Portuguese | Bom é o sal; mas se o sal se tornar insípido, com que se há de restaurar-lhe o sabor? |
| Rumanian | Sarea este bunq; dar dacq sarea kwi pierde gustul ei de sare, prin ce i se va da knapoi gustul acesta? |
| Russian | уПМШ--"П'ТБС ЧЕЭШ; ОП ЕУМЙ УПМШ ПФЕТСЕФ УЙМХ, ЮЕН ЙУ ТБЧЙФШ ЕЕ? |
| Shuar | `Weeka jeaku pénkeraiti. Tura michumarka ¿itiurak atak pénker ati? |
| Spanish | "Buena es la sal; pero si la sal se vuelve insípida, ¿con qué será sazonada? |
| Swahili | "Chumvi ni nzuri; lakini ikipoteza ladha yake, itakolezwa na nini? |
| Swedish | Så är väl saltet en god sak, men om till och med saltet mister sin sälta, varmed skall man då återställa dess kraft? |
| Uma | "Poi', wori' kalaua-na. Aga ane mobali' -mi kapoi' -na alaa-na uma-pi mopoi', napa tena to ma'ala mpakapoi' -i? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SAL": salaam, salaamed, salaaming, salaams, salabilities, salability, salable, salably, salacious, salaciously, salaciousness, salaciousnesses, salacities, salacity, salad, saladang, saladangs, salads, salal, salals, salamander, salamanders, salamandrine, salami, salamis, salariat, salariats, salaried, salaries, salary, salarying, salaryman, salarymen, salchow, salchows, sale, saleable, saleably, salep, saleps, saleratus, saleratuses, saleroom, salerooms, sales, salesclerk, salesclerks, salesgirl, salesgirls, salesladies, saleslady. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SAL": abomasal, abyssal, accusal, appraisal, arousal, basal, bimensal, bursal, carousal, causal, clausal, colossal, commensal, counterproposal, crissal, demersal, deposal, devisal, dismissal, dispersal, disposal, dorsal, dossal, espousal, exposal, glossal, hypabyssal, hyperarousal, hypoglossal, incisal, intercensal, intranasal, isoglossal, loessal, medusal, menopausal, mensal, metatarsal, middorsal, misappraisal, missal, mucosal, multicausal, nasal, neurosal, noncausal, nonuniversal, occlusal, orinasal, overarousal, paradisal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SAL": accusals, acetylsalicylate, acetylsalicylates, appraisals, arousals, basally, basalt, basaltes, basaltic, basalts, carousals, causalgia, causalgias, causalgic, causalities, causality, causally, causals, chrysalid, chrysalides, chrysalids, chrysalis, chrysalises, cisalpine, colossally, commensalism, commensalisms, commensally, commensals, counterproposals, deposals, desalinate, desalinated, desalinates, desalinating, desalination, desalinations, desalinator, desalinators, desalinization, desalinizations, desalinize, desalinized, desalinizes, desalinizing, desalt, desalted, desalter, desalters, desalting, desalts. (additional references) | |
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"SAL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eswl, Salg, Saml, Sazli, Scalz, Sgall, Shal, Zahl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SAL" (pronounced sa"l) |
| 2 | -a" l | Al, Bal, canal, chaparral, corral, dal, gal, locale, morale, pal, Pascal, rationale, shall. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: als, las. | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-s" | |
-1 letter: al, as, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-s" | |
+1 letter: aals, ails, alas, albs, ales, alls, alms, alps, also, alts, awls, bals, dals, gals, labs, lacs, lads, lags, lams, laps, lars, lase, lash, lass, last, lats, lavs, laws, lays, leas, pals, sail, sale, sall, salp, sals, salt, saul, seal, sial, slab, slag, slam, slap, slat, slaw, slay, sola. | |
+2 letters: ables, acyls, aisle, alans, albas, alecs, alefs, alfas, algas, alias, alifs, alist, almas, almes, aloes, altos, alums, amyls, anils, anlas, arils, arles, aryls, asyla, atlas, awols, axels, axils, axles, baals, bails, balas, balds, bales, balks, balls, balms, balsa, basal, basil, bawls, blabs, blahs, blams, blase, blast, blats, blaws, bolas, calfs, calks, calls, calms, calos, carls, cauls, clads, clags, clams, clans, claps, clash, clasp, class, clast, claws, clays, coals, colas, dahls, dales, deals, dhals, dials, duals, earls, easel, elans, fails, falls, false, farls, flabs, flags, flams, flans, flaps, flash, flask, flats, flaws, flays, fleas, foals, galas, gales, galls, gaols, glads, glans, glass, glias, goals, hails, hales, halls, halms, halos, halts, harls, hauls, heals, hulas, hylas, jails, jarls, kails, kales, kolas, laces, lacks, lades, laics, lairs, lakes, lakhs, lalls, lamas, lambs, lames, lamps, lands, lanes, lapis, lapse, lards, lares, laris, larks, lased, laser, lases, lasso, lasts, laths, lauds, lavas, laves, lawns, lazes, leads, leafs, leaks, leans, leaps, lears, lease, leash, least, liars, limas, liras, litas, loads, loafs, loams, loans, lotas, luaus, lunas, lyase, lyssa, mails, males, malls, malms, malts, marls, mauls, meals, molas, nails, nasal, ollas, opals, orals, ovals, pails, pales, palls, palms, palps, palsy, pawls, peals, plans, plash, plasm, plats, plays, pleas, psalm, rails, rales, reals, rials, sable, sadly, sails, salad, salal, salep, sales, salic, sally, salmi, salol, salon, salpa, salps, salsa, salts, salty, salve, salvo, sauls, sault, scald, scale, scall, scalp, scaly, seals, selah, selva, sepal, seral, setal, shale, shall, shalt, shaly, shaul, shawl, sheal, shoal, sials, silva, sisal, skald, skoal, slabs, slack, slags, slain, slake, slams, slang, slank, slant, slaps, slash, slate, slats, slaty, slave, slaws, slays, small, smalt, snail, snarl, solan, solar, spail, spale, spall, splat, splay, stale, stalk, stall, steal, stela, sulfa, sural, swail, swale, sylva, taels, tails, talas, talcs, tales, talks, talus, teals, tesla, tolas, ulans, ulnas, ulvas, usual, vails, vales, valse, vasal, veals, vials, wails, wales, walks, walls, wauls, wawls, weals, yawls, zeals. | |
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