English Explanatory Dictionary

sandal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
verb
  1. To put on sandals.
noun
  1. sandalwood
noun
  1. A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.
name
  1. A suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3418).

Pronunciation

/ˈsændəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sandal.wav

Word forms

sandal sandals sandaling sandalling sandaled sandalled

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Sandal Magna

Derived words

beach sandal sandaled sandalled sandalless sandalpunk sandalwear sword and sandal toey as a Roman sandal
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