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sandal

See also: Sandal, sandál, and sandał

English

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Typical components of a modern sandal. Other versions might omit the midsole and/or insole. There are many variations on the upper component, although they should expose some part of the foot to qualify as sandals.

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand.

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sandal (plural sandals)

  2. (footwear) A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
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Verb

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sandal (third-person singular simple present sandals, present participle (US) sandaling or (UK) sandalling, simple past and past participle (US) sandaled or (UK) sandalled)

  1. To put on sandals.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Doublet of santalum.

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sandal (uncountable)

  2. sandalwood
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Etymology 3

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

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sandal (plural sandals)

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

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Danish

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Noun

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

  1. a sandal

Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal).

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  • IPA(key): /sán.dàl/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sán.dàl]

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sandàl m

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

Indonesian

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Noun

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sandal (plural sandal-sandal)

  1. (footwear) a type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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

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    sandal

    1. sandal, thong, slip-on
    2. episcopal sandal, papal slipper
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    • English: sandal
    • Scots: sandal
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    Etymology 2

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      Borrowed from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Doublet of saundres.

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

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      sandal

      1. sandalwood or something made with it
        Synonym: saundres
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      Norwegian Bokmål

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

      1. a sandal (open shoe)

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

      1. a sandal (open shoe)

      Romanian

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      sandal m (plural sandali)

      1. alternative form of santal

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      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative sandal sandalul sandali sandalii
      genitive-dative sandal sandalului sandali sandalilor
      vocative sandalule sandalilor

      Swedish

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French sandale, from Ancient Greek σάνδαλον (sándalon).

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      sandal c

      1. a sandal

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      Declension of sandal
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite sandal sandals
      definite sandalen sandalens
      plural indefinite sandaler sandalers
      definite sandalerna sandalernas

      Further reading

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      • “sandal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
      • sandal in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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      Tagalog

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Malay sandar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sandəʀ (“lean on or against”). Doublet of salig and sandig. See also sunday.

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      sandál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔)

      1. leaning of one's back (on something)
        Synonym: pagsandal
      2. leaning position; reclining position (on something)
        Synonym: pagkakasandal
      3. something placed in a reclining or leaning position against something
      4. (figurative) dependence; reliance (on someone for support)

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      Ternate

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      Sandal.

      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Indonesian sandal, from Dutch sandaal, from Middle French sandale, from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion).

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      sandal

      1. sandal

      References

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      • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29

      Tok Pisin

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      Etymology

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      From English sandal.

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      sandal

      1. sandals

      Turkish

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      Etymology 1

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      From Ottoman Turkish صندال (sandal), from Byzantine Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion).

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      sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)

      1. boat (water craft)

      Etymology 2

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      From Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal).

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      sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)

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

      Etymology 3

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      Borrowed from French sandale.

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      sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)

      1. sandal
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      Declension of sandal
      singular plural
      nominative sandal sandallar
      definite accusative sandalı sandalları
      dative sandala sandallara
      locative sandalda sandallarda
      ablative sandaldan sandallardan
      genitive sandalın sandalların

      Further reading

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      • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “sandal 2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
      • Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas (1958), The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 839

      Welsh

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English sandal, from Ancient Greek σάνδαλον (sándalon).

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      sandal f or m (plural sandalau, not mutable)

      1. sandal

      Further reading

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      • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sandal”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
      • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sandal”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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