santal

See also: Santal

English

Etymology

From Santalum (“genus of sandalwood”) +‎ -al (“aldehyde”). Compare santyl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæntæl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

santal (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “santal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• alants, aslant, natals

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• Santal

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: san‧tal

Noun

santal

1. Ixora, the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae, flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tal/

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin santalum, sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal).

Noun

santal m (plural sandals or santaux)

1. sandalwood (any of various trees in genus Santalum; the aromatic wood of such trees)

Usage notes

The plural santaux was used until the 19th century, when it was superseded by santals.

Descendants

• → English: santal
• → Czech: santál, santal, sandál

Etymology 2

Noun

santal m (uncountable)

1. Santali (Austroasiatic language of eastern South Asia)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French santal

Noun

santal m (plural santal)

1. sandalwood

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	santal	santalul		santali	santalii
genitive-dative	santal	santalului		santali	santalilor
vocative	santalule			santalilor