Tissue

//ˈtɪs.juː//

Synonyms for "tissue" (188 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (56)

Related words (94)

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11 relation types

Translations

173 translations across 61 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • منديل noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • منديل noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • مَنْدِيل noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • مِنْدِيل noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Armenian

3 entries
  • անձեռոցիկ noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • գործվածք noun (woven fabric)
  • հյուսվածք noun (aggregation of cells)

Asturian

2 entries
  • texíu noun (woven fabric)
  • texíu noun (aggregation of cells)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • toxuma noun (aggregation of cells)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • туҡыма noun (woven fabric)

Basque

1 entries
  • ehun noun (aggregation of cells)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • сурвэ́тка noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • воал noun (fine, transparent silk material)
  • плат noun (woven fabric)
  • салфе́тка noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • тъкан noun (woven fabric)

Catalan

4 entries
  • mocador noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • mocador de paper noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • teixit noun (woven fabric)
  • teixit noun (aggregation of cells)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 紙巾 /纸巾 noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 紙巾 /纸巾 noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • 組織 /组织 noun (aggregation of cells)
  • 纸巾 noun (woven fabric)
  • 面巾紙 /面巾纸 noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Czech

3 entries
  • papírová utěrka noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • papírový kapesník noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • tkáň noun (aggregation of cells)

Danish

4 entries
  • lommetørklæde noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • serviet noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • stof noun (woven fabric)
  • toiletpapir noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Dutch

4 entries
  • papieren zakdoekje noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • tissue noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • weefsel noun (woven fabric)
  • weefsel noun (aggregation of cells)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • histo noun (aggregation of cells)

Finnish

4 entries
  • harsokangas noun (woven fabric)
  • harsokudos noun (woven fabric)
  • kudos noun (aggregation of cells)
  • paperiliina noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

French

4 entries
  • kleenex noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • mouchoir en papier noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • tissu noun (woven fabric)
  • tissu noun (aggregation of cells)

Galician

2 entries
  • tecido noun (woven fabric)
  • tecido noun (aggregation of cells)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ქსოვილი noun (woven fabric)
  • ქსოვილი noun (aggregation of cells)
  • ხელსახოცი noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

German

4 entries
  • Gewebe noun (woven fabric)
  • Gewebe noun (aggregation of cells)
  • Papier noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • Taschentuch noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Greek

4 entries
  • ιστός noun (aggregation of cells)
  • ορμαθός noun (woven fabric)
  • πλέγμα noun (woven fabric)
  • χαρτί noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • טישו noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • נייר סופג noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • רקמה noun (woven fabric)
  • רקמה noun (aggregation of cells)

Hindi

1 entries
  • ऊतक noun (aggregation of cells)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • papír zsebkendő noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • szövet noun (aggregation of cells)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • pappírsþurrka noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • vefur noun (aggregation of cells)
  • þurrka noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Ido

1 entries
  • texajo noun (woven fabric)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • jaringan noun (aggregation of cells)
  • kacu noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • saputangan noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • serbet noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Irish

2 entries
  • ciarsúr páipéir noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • fíochán noun (aggregation of cells)

Italian

2 entries
  • tessuto noun (woven fabric)
  • tessuto noun (aggregation of cells)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ティッシュ noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • ティッシュペーパー noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • 塵紙 noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • 組織 noun (aggregation of cells)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ក្រដាសទន់ noun (paper material)
  • ក្រដាស់ជូតមាត់ noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • ជាលិកា noun (aggregation of cells)

Korean

4 entries
  • 박엽지 noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • 조직 noun (woven fabric)
  • 조직 noun (aggregation of cells)
  • 티슈 noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Latin

2 entries
  • textus noun (woven fabric)
  • textus noun (aggregation of cells)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • салфе́тка noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • ткиво noun (aggregation of cells)

Malay

1 entries
  • tisu noun (aggregation of cells)

Middle English

1 entries
  • tissu noun (fine, transparent silk material)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • нэхмэл noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Māori

2 entries
  • pūtautau noun (aggregation of cells)
  • rauangiangi noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • şane noun (aggregation of cells)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • vev noun (aggregation of cells)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • vev noun (aggregation of cells)

Occitan

2 entries
  • teissut noun (woven fabric)
  • teissut noun (aggregation of cells)

Persian

2 entries
  • بافت noun (aggregation of cells)
  • دستمال noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Polish

3 entries
  • chusteczka noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • chusteczka higieniczna noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • tkanka noun (aggregation of cells)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • lenço de papel noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • papel absorvente noun (paper material)
  • tecido noun (woven fabric)
  • tecido noun (aggregation of cells)

Romanian

3 entries
  • batistă noun (woven fabric)
  • șervețel noun (woven fabric)
  • țesut noun (aggregation of cells)

Russian

3 entries
  • салфе́тка noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • ткань noun (woven fabric)
  • ткань noun (aggregation of cells)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • eadar-fhighe noun (woven fabric)
  • maothran noun (aggregation of cells)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tkivo noun (aggregation of cells)
  • ткиво noun (aggregation of cells)

Slovene

4 entries
  • robec noun (woven fabric)
  • robec noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • robček noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • tkivo noun (aggregation of cells)

Spanish

4 entries
  • clínex noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • pañuelo noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • pañuelo de papel noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • tejido noun (woven fabric)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tishu noun (aggregation of cells)

Swedish

3 entries
  • näsduk noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • pappersnäsduk noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • vävnad noun (aggregation of cells)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sihayan noun (aggregation of cells)

Tamil

3 entries
  • இழையம் noun (aggregation of cells)
  • திசு noun (aggregation of cells)
  • மெல்லிழுப்புத்தாள் noun (sheet of absorbent paper)

Thai

2 entries
  • ทิชชู่ noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • เนื้อเยื่อ noun (aggregation of cells)

Turkish

2 entries
  • doku noun (aggregation of cells)
  • nesiç noun (aggregation of cells)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • серве́тка noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • ткани́на noun (aggregation of cells)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بَافْت noun (aggregation of cells)
  • ریشَہ noun (aggregation of cells)
  • عَضْلَہ noun (aggregation of cells)
  • نَسِیج noun (aggregation of cells)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • khăn giấy noun (sheet of absorbent paper)
  • noun (aggregation of cells)

Volapük

1 entries
  • histun noun (aggregation of cells)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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I think I'm gonna sneeze. Give me a tissue.

Source: tatoeba (2027)

Muscle tissue consists of innumerable cells.

Source: tatoeba (18806)

From the viewpoint of tissue culture, the environment for this experiment should be more rigidly defined.

Source: tatoeba (273964)

Why is it so difficult to establish that the nervous cell is the basic unit for the nervous tissue?

Source: tatoeba (560667)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.