sandal
A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the footA type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
» Tom often wears sandals.
Tom trägt oft Sandalen.
Том часто ходит в сандалиях.
Том часто ходить у сандаліях.
Meaning
3 sensesA type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
Sandale
санда́лияsandálija, босоно́жкаbosonóžka
санда́ліяsandálija, санда́льsandálʹ
a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot
(uncountable)Sandalwood
A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.
Examples
54 sentencesTom often wears sandals.
Том часто ходить у сандаліях. — deniko
ruТом часто ходит в сандалиях. — marafon
deTom trägt oft Sandalen. — benbika
Tom will probably be wearing sandals.
I bought a pair of sandals.
ruЯ купил сандалии. — marafon
deIch habe Sandalen gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I bought sandals that match the ones Tom is wearing.
Tom likes wearing white socks with his sandals.
ruТом любит носить белые носки с сандалиями. — Inego
deTom trägt zu seinen Sandalen gerne weiße Socken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, fromFrom 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.
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.
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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