sandy

See also: Sandy

English

Etymology

From Middle English sandi, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

Pronunciation

enPR: săn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈsændi/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ændi
Homophone: sandhi

Adjective

sandy (comparative sandier, superlative sandiest)

Covered with sand.
Sprinkled with sand.
Like sand, especially in texture.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
  Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
Having the colour of sand.
sandy colour:

Derived terms

Great Sandy Desert
pecan sandy
sandy blight
Sandy Hook
sandyish

Translations

covered with sand

Aromanian: arinos
Catalan: sorrenc (ca)
Danish: sandet
Dutch: zanderig (nl)
Esperanto: sabla
Finnish: hiekkainen (fi)
Galician: areoso m
German: sandig (de)
Greek: αμμώδης (el) (ammódis)
Gujarati: રેતાળ (retāḷ)
Icelandic: sendinn
Ido: sabloza (io)
Latin: harēnōsus

Latvian: smilšains
Lithuanian: smėlėtas
Macedonian: песочен (pesočen)
Nogai: кумлы (kumlı)
Polish: piaszczysty (pl)
Portuguese: areado, arenado
Romanian: nisipos (ro), arinos
Spanish: arenoso (es)
Swedish: sandig (sv)
Turkish: kumlu (tr)
Ukrainian: піщаний (piščanyj)
Yiddish: זאַמדיק‎ (zamdik)

like sand

Catalan: sorrenc (ca)
Finnish: hiekkamainen (fi)
Galician: areoso m
Greek: αμμώδης (el) (ammódis), αμμοειδής (ammoeidís)
Gujarati: રેતાળ (retāḷ)
Ido: sabloza (io)

Latvian: smilšains
Portuguese: areoso (pt)
Romanian: nisipos (ro), arinos
Spanish: arenoso (es) m
Ukrainian: піщаний (piščanyj)

sand-coloured

Catalan: vermellós (ca)
Danish: sandfarvet
Dutch: zandkleurig (nl)
Finnish: hiekanvärinen
German: sandfarben
Ido: sablea
Lithuanian: smėlio spalvos

Norwegian: sandfarget
Portuguese: arenoso (pt)
Romanian: nisipiu (ro)
Russian: песо́чный (ru) (pesóčnyj)
Swedish: sandfärgad
Ukrainian: піщаний (piščanyj)

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Translations to be checked

Norman: ^{(please verify)} sablieux (Jersey)