Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
Gewebe
тканьtkanʹ
(countable, uncountable)A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
(countable, uncountable)A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
Papier, Tuch, Toilettenpapier
салфе́ткаsalfétka
серве́ткаservétka
(countable, uncountable)Absorbent paper as material.
a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
(countable, uncountable)A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to perform a specific job.
Gewebe
тканьtkanʹ
ткани́наtkanýna
part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
(countable, uncountable)Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
a tissue of forgeries, or of lies
(countable, slang, uncountable)The scratch sheet or racing form.
(Tasmania, countable, informal, uncountable)A cigarette paper.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything that is light, thin, and delicate.
Examples
118 sentencesGive me a tissue.
Дай мені серветку.
ruДай мне салфетку.
I need a tissue.
Мені потрібен носовичок.
deIch brauche ein Taschentuch.
Can you hand me a tissue?
Let me get you a tissue.
Can you give me a tissue?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“toFrom Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).
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Forms
plural: tissuesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a soft thin (usually translucent) paper:tissue paper
Word family
40 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable