sandal

See also: Sandal and sandál

English
Three types of sandals.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sændəl/
  • Rhymes: -ændəl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin.

Noun

sandal (plural sandals)

  1. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
Translations
Hyponyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل‎ (ṣandal), from Middle Persian cndl (čandal, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).

Noun

sandal (uncountable)

  1. sandalwood
    • Tennyson
      And on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries […]

Translations
sandalwood — see sandalwood

Etymology 3

Arabic صَنْدَل‎ (ṣandal), the same word as the shoe sandal, just applied for boats of the shape of this shoe.

Noun

sandal (plural sandals)

  1. A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

sandal c (definite singular sandalen, indefinite plural sandaler, definite plural sandalerne)

  1. a sandal

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدَل‎ (ṣandal).

Noun

sandàl m

  1. sandal(s) (footwear)
  2. sandalwood
  3. perfume derived from sandalwood

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • sandalle, sandelle, sendylle, sendale

Etymology

Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsandal/, /ˈsandəl/, /ˈsɛndəl/

Noun

sandal (plural sandals)

  1. sandal, thong, slip-on
  2. episcopal sandal, papal slipper

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sandal m (definite singular sandalen, indefinite plural sandaler, definite plural sandalene)

  1. a sandal (open shoe)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sandal m (definite singular sandalen, indefinite plural sandalar, definite plural sandalane)

  1. a sandal (open shoe)

Swedish

Noun

sandal c

  1. a sandal

Declension
Declension of sandal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sandal sandalen sandaler sandalerna
Genitive sandals sandalens sandalers sandalernas

Tagalog

Verb

sandal

  1. lean

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sandal.

Noun

sandal

  1. sandals

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion).

Noun

sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)

  1. boat (water craft)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَنْدَل‎ (ṣandal).

Noun

sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)

  1. a small tropical tree of the Santalaceae family, Santalum album

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French sandale.

Noun

sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)

  1. sandal
Synonyms

Declension
Inflection
Nominative sandal
Definite accusative sandalı
Singular Plural
Nominative sandal sandallar
Definite accusative sandalı sandalları
Dative sandala sandallara
Locative sandalda sandallarda
Ablative sandaldan sandallardan
Genitive sandalın sandalların
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