sisal

Named after Sisal, Yucatán.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪsəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪsəl

sisal (countable and uncountable, plural sisals)

1. A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope.
2. The fibre of the plant.
3. (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.

• SAILs, Silas, lassi, sails

From English sisal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsisɑl/, [ˈs̠is̠ɑ̝l]
• Rhymes: -isɑl
• Syllabification^(key): si‧sal
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧sal

sisal

1. sisal

   Synonym: sisalkuitu

• “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 3 July 2023

• Lassi, lassi, silsa

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sisal m (plural sisals)

1. sisal (plant, fibre)

• “sisal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

sisal m (definite singular sisalen, indefinite plural sisalar, definite plural sisalane)

1. sisal (plant, fibres)

• “sisal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Silas, lassi, lissa, silas, sisal, sisla

Borrowed from French sisal.

sisal m (plural sisali)

1. sisal

sisal m (plural sisales)

1. sisal

• “sisal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024