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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandal

/ˈsændəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
san-dal
IPA
/ˈsændəl/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

verb

To put on sandals.

noun

sandalwood

Uncountable

noun

A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.

name

A suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3418).

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sandal, sandale, sandalium, σανδάλιον, sandalum, σάνδανον

Usage

Inflected Forms

sandals (plural) sandals (present, singular) sandaling (US, participle) sandalling (UK, participle) sandaled (US, participle) sandaled (US, past) sandalled (UK, participle) sandalled (UK, past)

Derived Forms

sandaled sandalled sandalless sandallike sandalpunk sandalwear

Phrases

beach sandal sword and sandal toey as a Roman sandal

Synonyms

Sandal Magna

Rhymes With

handle scandal candle randall handel randle vandal randal mandel crandall mandell kandel

Questions

How do you pronounce sandal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsændəl/.
What does sandal mean?
A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
Where does sandal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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