tissue

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɪs.juː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɪʃ.ju/
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• General-American: /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɪsjuː
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• CMU ARPABET: T IH1 S Y UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: T IH1 SH UW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: գործվածք (gorcvackʻ) — woven fabric
• Asturian: texíu — woven fabric
• Azerbaijani: toxuma — woven fabric
• Bashkir: туҡыма (tuqıma) — woven fabric
• Bulgarian: тъкан (tǎkan) — woven fabric
• Bulgarian: плат (plat) — woven fabric
• Catalan: teixit — woven fabric
• Chinese Mandarin: 纸巾 (zhǐjīn) — woven fabric
• Danish: stof — woven fabric
• Dutch: weefsel — woven fabric
• Finnish: harsokangas — woven fabric
• Finnish: harsokudos — woven fabric
• French: tissu — woven fabric
• Galician: tecido — woven fabric
• Georgian: ქსოვილი (ksovili) — woven fabric
• German: Gewebe — woven fabric
• Greek: ύφασμα (ýfasma) — woven fabric
• Greek: πλέγμα (plégma) — woven fabric
• Greek: ορμαθός (ormathós) — woven fabric
• Hebrew: רקמה — woven fabric
• Ido: texajo — woven fabric
• Indonesian: tisu — woven fabric
• Italian: tessuto — woven fabric
• Japanese: 織物 (orimono) — woven fabric
• Korean: 조직 (jojik) — woven fabric
• Latin: textus — woven fabric
• Occitan: teissut — woven fabric
• Portuguese: tecido — woven fabric
• Romanian: batistă — woven fabric
• Romanian: șervețel — woven fabric
• Russian: ткань (tkanʹ) — woven fabric
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-fhighe — woven fabric
• Slovene: robec — woven fabric
• Spanish: tejido — woven fabric
• Bulgarian: воал (voal) — fine, transparent silk material
• Finnish: silkkiharso — fine, transparent silk material
• Middle English: tissu — fine, transparent silk material
• Arabic: مَنْدِيل (mandīl) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Arabic: مِنْدِيل (mindīl) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Arabic: منديل (mandil) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Arabic: منديل (mandīl) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Armenian: անձեռոցիկ (anjeṙocʻik) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Azerbaijani: salfet — sheet of absorbent paper
• Azerbaijani: əlsilən — sheet of absorbent paper
• Azerbaijani: xörək dəsmalı — sheet of absorbent paper
• Belarusian: сурвэ́тка (survétka) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Bulgarian: салфе́тка (salfétka) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Catalan: mocador — sheet of absorbent paper
• Catalan: mocador de paper — sheet of absorbent paper
• Chinese Cantonese: 紙巾 /纸巾 (zi2 gan1) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Chinese Mandarin: 面巾紙 /面巾纸 (miànjīnzhǐ) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Chinese Mandarin: 紙巾 /纸巾 (zhǐjīn) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Czech: papírový kapesník — sheet of absorbent paper
• Czech: papírová utěrka — sheet of absorbent paper
• Danish: serviet — sheet of absorbent paper
• Danish: lommetørklæde — sheet of absorbent paper
• Danish: toiletpapir — sheet of absorbent paper
• Dutch: zakdoek — sheet of absorbent paper
• Dutch: papieren zakdoekje — sheet of absorbent paper
• Dutch: tissue — sheet of absorbent paper
• Finnish: talouspaperi — sheet of absorbent paper
• Finnish: paperiliina — sheet of absorbent paper
• Finnish: paperinenäliina — sheet of absorbent paper
• Finnish: vessapaperiarkki — sheet of absorbent paper
• French: mouchoir en papier — sheet of absorbent paper
• French: kleenex — sheet of absorbent paper
• Georgian: ხელსახოცი (xelsaxoci) — sheet of absorbent paper
• German: Papier — sheet of absorbent paper
• German: Tuch — sheet of absorbent paper
• German: Toilettenpapier — sheet of absorbent paper
• German: Taschentuch — sheet of absorbent paper
• Greek: χαρτί (chartí) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Hebrew: טישו — sheet of absorbent paper
• Hebrew: נייר סופג — sheet of absorbent paper
• Hungarian: papír zsebkendő — sheet of absorbent paper
• Icelandic: þurrka — sheet of absorbent paper
• Icelandic: pappírsþurrka — sheet of absorbent paper
• Indonesian: serbet — sheet of absorbent paper
• Indonesian: tisu toilet — sheet of absorbent paper
• Indonesian: saputangan — sheet of absorbent paper
• Indonesian: kacu — sheet of absorbent paper
• Indonesian: tisu — sheet of absorbent paper
• Irish: ciarsúr páipéir — sheet of absorbent paper
• Japanese: ティッシュペーパー (tisshu pēpā) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Japanese: ティッシュ (tisshu) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Japanese: 鼻紙 (hanagami) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Japanese: 塵紙 (chirigami) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Khmer: ក្រដាស់ជូតមាត់ (krâdaschutméat) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Korean: 박엽지 (bagyeopji) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Korean: 휴지 (hyuji) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Korean: 티슈 페이퍼 (tisyu peipeo) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Korean: 티슈 (tisyu) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Korean: 화장지 (hwajangji) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Macedonian: салфе́тка (salfétka) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Māori: rauangiangi — sheet of absorbent paper
• Mongolian: нэхмэл (nexmel) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Persian: دستمال (dastmâl) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Polish: chusteczka higieniczna — sheet of absorbent paper
• Polish: chusteczka — sheet of absorbent paper
• Portuguese: lenço de papel — sheet of absorbent paper
• Russian: салфе́тка (salfétka) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Slovene: robec — sheet of absorbent paper
• Slovene: robček — sheet of absorbent paper
• Spanish: pañuelo — sheet of absorbent paper
• Spanish: pañuelo de papel — sheet of absorbent paper
• Spanish: clínex — sheet of absorbent paper
• Swedish: näsduk — sheet of absorbent paper
• Swedish: pappersnäsduk — sheet of absorbent paper
• Tamil: மெல்லிழுப்புத்தாள் (melliḻupputtāḷ) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Thai: ทิชชู่ (tít-chûu) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Ukrainian: серве́тка (servétka) — sheet of absorbent paper
• Vietnamese: khăn giấy — sheet of absorbent paper
• Finnish: pehmopaperi — paper material
• Khmer: ក្រដាសទន់ (krɑdaah tŭən) — paper material
• Portuguese: papel absorvente — paper material
• Arabic: نَسِيج حَيَوِيّ (nasīj ḥayawiyy) — aggregation of cells
• Armenian: հյուսվածք (hyusvackʻ) — aggregation of cells
• Asturian: texíu — aggregation of cells
• Azerbaijani: toxuma — aggregation of cells
• Basque: ehun — aggregation of cells
• Belarusian: тка́нка (tkánka) — aggregation of cells
• Bulgarian: тъкан (tǎkan) — aggregation of cells
• Catalan: teixit — aggregation of cells
• Chinese Mandarin: 組織 /组织 (zǔzhī) — aggregation of cells
• Czech: tkáň — aggregation of cells
• Danish: væv — aggregation of cells
• Dutch: weefsel — aggregation of cells
• Esperanto: histo — aggregation of cells
• Finnish: kudos — aggregation of cells
• Finnish: solukko — aggregation of cells
• French: tissu — aggregation of cells
• Galician: tecido — aggregation of cells
• Georgian: ქსოვილი (ksovili) — aggregation of cells
• German: Gewebe — aggregation of cells
• Greek: ιστός (istós) — aggregation of cells
• Hebrew: רקמה — aggregation of cells
• Hindi: ऊतक (ūtak) — aggregation of cells
• Hungarian: szövet — aggregation of cells
• Icelandic: vefur — aggregation of cells
• Indonesian: jaringan — aggregation of cells
• Irish: fíochán — aggregation of cells
• Italian: tessuto — aggregation of cells
• Japanese: 組織 (soshiki) — aggregation of cells
• Khmer: ជាលិកា (ciəlikaa) — aggregation of cells
• Korean: 조직 (jojik) — aggregation of cells
• Northern Kurdish: şane — aggregation of cells
• Latin: textus — aggregation of cells
• Macedonian: ткиво (tkivo) — aggregation of cells
• Malay: tisu — aggregation of cells
• Māori: pūtautau — aggregation of cells
• Norwegian Bokmål: vev — aggregation of cells
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vev — aggregation of cells
• Occitan: teissut — aggregation of cells
• Persian: بافت (bâft) — aggregation of cells
• Polish: tkanka — aggregation of cells
• Portuguese: tecido — aggregation of cells
• Romanian: țesut — aggregation of cells
• Russian: ткань (tkanʹ) — aggregation of cells
• Scottish Gaelic: maothran — aggregation of cells
• Serbo-Croatian: ткиво — aggregation of cells
• Serbo-Croatian: tkivo — aggregation of cells
• Slovene: tkivo — aggregation of cells
• Spanish: tejido — aggregation of cells
• Swahili: tishu — aggregation of cells
• Swedish: vävnad — aggregation of cells
• Tagalog: sihayan — aggregation of cells
• Tamil: இழையம் (iḻaiyam) — aggregation of cells
• Tamil: திசு (ticu) — aggregation of cells
• Thai: เนื้อเยื่อ (nʉ́ʉa-yʉ̂ʉa) — aggregation of cells
• Turkish: doku — aggregation of cells
• Turkish: nesiç — aggregation of cells
• Ukrainian: ткани́на (tkanýna) — aggregation of cells
• Urdu: بَافْت (bāft) — aggregation of cells
• Urdu: عَضْلَہ ('azla) — aggregation of cells
• Urdu: نَسِیج (nasīj) — aggregation of cells
• Urdu: ریشَہ (reśa) — aggregation of cells
• Vietnamese: mô — aggregation of cells
• Volapük: histun — aggregation of cells