# sandal
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsændəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ændəl

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

sandal (plural sandals)
* (footwear) A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

##### Hyponyms

* flip-flop, jandal, thong

##### Derived terms

* beach sandal
* sword and sandal
* toey as a Roman sandal

##### Translations

Albanian: sandale (sq) f
American Sign Language: 1@BackFinger-PalmDown-5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmDown Frontandback 1@BackHand-PalmDown-5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmDown, 2@UlnarBackFinger-PalmBack-4@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmDown 2@RadialBackFinger 2@UlnarBackHand 2@RadialBackHand
Arabic: صَنْدَل m (ṣandal)
Egyptian Arabic: نعال m (nuʕāl)
Hijazi Arabic: صَنْدَل m (ṣandal), مَدَاس m (madās)
Armenian: սանդալ (hy) (sandal)
Assamese: চেণ্ডেল (sendel)
Asturian: sandalia f
Belarusian: санда́ль m (sandálʹ)
Bulgarian: санда́л m (sandál)
Catalan: sandàlia (ca) f
Chickasaw: pas pas, pas pas sholosh
Chinese:
Mandarin: 涼鞋 / 凉鞋 (zh) (liángxié), 草鞋 (zh) (cǎoxié) (straw sandals)
Czech: sandál m
Danish: sandal (da) c
Dutch: sandaal (nl) f
Egyptian: (ṯbwt f)
Esperanto: sandalo (eo)
Estonian: sandaal
Finnish: sandaali (fi)
French: sandale (fr) f
Galician: sandalia (gl) f
Georgian: სანდალი (ka) (sandali), ქალამანი (ka) (kalamani)
German: Sandale (de) f
Greek: σανδάλι (el) n (sandáli), πέδιλο (el) n (pédilo)
Aeolic: σάμβαλον n (sámbalon)
Ancient: σάνδαλον n (sándalon), πέδιλον n (pédilon)
Hausa: sandal
Hebrew: סַנְדָּל (he) m (sandál)
Hindi: चप्पल (hi) f (cappal)
Hungarian: szandál (hu)
Icelandic: sandali (is) m
Ido: sandalo (io)
Indonesian: sandal (id)
Irish: cuarán m
Old Irish: accrann f
Italian: sandalo (it) m
Japanese: サンダル (ja) (sandaru), 草鞋 (ja) (わらじ, waraji)
Kannada: ಚಪ್ಪಲಿ (kn) (cappali)
Khmer: ស្បែកជើងសង្រែក (sbaek cəəng sɑŋraek)
Korean: 샌들 (ko) (saendeul), 초혜 (chohye) (straw sandals)
Lao: ເກີບຊັງດ້ານ (kœ̄p sang dān)
Latin: crepida f, solea f
Latvian: sandale f
Lithuanian: sandalas m
Malayalam: ചെരുപ്പ് (ml) (ceruppŭ)
Maltese: sandlija f, karkur m
Maore Comorian: kabwa class 9/10
Maori: pārekereke, kuara, korehe, korehe, korehe, pāengaenga
Marathi: चप्पल (mr) f (cappal)
Navajo: kégiizh haaztʼiʼí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sandal (no) m
Nynorsk: sandal m
Occitan: sandala (oc) f
Old English: sole f
Persian: صندل (fa) (sandal)
Plautdietsch: Sandal f
Polish: sandał (pl) m
Portuguese: sandália (pt), chinelo (pt)
Romanian: sanda (ro) f, sandală (ro) f
Russian: санда́лия (ru) f (sandálija), босоно́жка (ru) f (bosonóžka) (female, open-toe sandal)
Scottish Gaelic: cuaran m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: санда́ла f
Roman: sandála (sh) f
Sicilian: sànnalu m, zòcculu m
Slovak: sandál m
Spanish: sandalia (es) f, chala (es) f (Chile), chinela (es) f (Bolivia); (sandal with flat sole and crossed leather straps) chancleta (es) f, caite (es) m (Guatemala, Nicaragua), cutara m (Eastern Cuba), huarache (es) m (Mexico), chancla (es) f, calipso m (Dominican Republic)
Swahili: kiatu (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: sandal (sv) c
Tagalog: sandalyas
Tajik: шиппак (šippak)
Tarifit: tsirit f
Thai: รองเท้าแตะ (th) (rɔɔng-táao-dtɛ̀), รองเท้าคีบ (rɔɔng-táao-kîip)
Turkish: sandalet (tr), sandal (tr)
Ukrainian: санда́лія f (sandálija), санда́ль m (sandálʹ)
Urdu: چپل f (cappal)
Uzbek: shippak (uz), sandal (uz)
Vietnamese: dép (vi), dép quai hậu
Welsh: sandal (cy) f, sandalau f pl
West Frisian: sandaal (fy)
Zazaki: ğamık m :

### Etymology 2

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.

#### Noun

sandal (uncountable)
* sandalwood
** 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:And on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries […]

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

sandal (plural sandals)
* A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.

### Anagrams

* Landas, Andals

## Danish
### Noun

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

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

sandàl m
* sandal(s) (footwear)
* sandalwood
* perfume derived from sandalwood

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* sendal (colloquial)

### Noun

sandal (plural sandal-sandal)
* (footwear) a type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

### Further reading

* “sandal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* sandalle, sandelle, sendylle, sendale

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsandal/, /ˈsandəl/, /ˈsɛndəl/

#### Noun

sandal
* sandal, thong, slip-on
* episcopal sandal, papal slipper

##### Descendants

* English: sandal
* Scots: sandal

##### References

* “sandal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

### Etymology 2

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.

#### Alternative forms

* sandale, sandel, sandell

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsandal/, /ˈsandəl/

#### Noun

sandal
* sandalwood or something made with it
    Synonym: saundres

##### Descendants

* English: sandal

##### References

* “sandal(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

sandal m (definite singular sandalen, indefinite plural sandaler, definite plural sandalene)
* a sandal (open shoe)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

sandal m (definite singular sandalen, indefinite plural sandalar, definite plural sandalane)
* a sandal (open shoe)

## Romanian
### Noun

sandal m (plural sandali)
* Alternative form of santal

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sanˈdɑːl/

### Noun

sandal c
* a sandal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* sandal in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* sandal in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* landas

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /sanˈdal/ [sɐn̪ˈd̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: san‧dal

### Noun

sandál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔)
* leaning of one's back (on something)
    Synonym: pagsandal
* leaning position; reclining position (on something)
    Synonym: pagkakasandal
* something placed in a reclining or leaning position against something
* (figurative) dependence; reliance (on someone for support)

#### Derived terms

* isandal
* magsandalan
* mapasandal
* pagkakasandal
* pagsandal
* pasandal
* pasandalin
* sandalan
* sumandal

#### See also

* handal

### Anagrams

* landas

## Ternate
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sanˈdal]

### Noun

sandal
* sandal

### References

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

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English sandal.

### Noun

sandal
* sandals

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion).

#### Noun

sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)
* boat (water craft)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal).

#### Noun

sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)
* a small tropical tree of the Santalaceae family, Santalum album

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French sandale.

#### Noun

sandal (definite accusative sandalı, plural sandallar)
* sandal

##### Synonyms

* sandalet