tissue

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
2. (countable, uncountable) A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
3. (countable, uncountable) A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
4. (countable, uncountable) Absorbent paper as material.
5. (countable, uncountable) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
6. (countable, uncountable) Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
7. (countable, slang, uncountable) The scratch sheet or racing form.

Verb

To form tissue of; to interweave.

Sinonieme

tissue paper

texture

fabric

weave

web

cloth

rag

Kleenex

silk paper

spider’s web

filament

wrapping tissue

membrane

string

🪢

cord

film

📽️

chiffon

thread

🧵

rootlet

toilet paper

vein

fiber

multicolored

muslin

nainsook

napkin

old

🧓

organization

organize

organizing

paper handkerchief

paper towel

pellicle

percale

silk

spar

spin

structure

system

textile

textile fabric

textus

tissue-paper

tissues

weft

thin skin

facial tissue

paper tissue

absorbent paper

fibre

Vertalings

tissu

tejido

Gewebe

tessuto

weefsel

ιστός

tecido

doku

teixit

λεπτό χαρτί

λεπτό ύφασμα

lenço de papel

Papiertaschentuch

pagne

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtɪs.juː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: tissu

In summary

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).