sandy

See also: Sandy

English

Etymology

From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, 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):

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• Rhymes: -ændi
• Homophone: sandhi

Adjective

sandy (comparative sandier, superlative sandiest)

1. Covered with sand.
2. Sprinkled with sand.
3. Containing sand.

   Some plants grow best in sandy soil.

4. Like sand, especially in texture.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     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.

5. Having the colour of sand.

   sandy:  

Derived terms

• Great Sandy Desert
• pecan sandy
• sandily
• sandiness
• Sandy Bay
• sandy blight
• sandy blind mole-rat
• sandy blind mole rat
• sandy carpet
• Sandy Cay
• Sandy Hook
• sandyish
• Sandy Lane
• sandy laverock
• sandy soil

 

Translations

covered with sand

• Aromanian: arinos
• Azerbaijani: qumlu
• Basque: hareatsua
• Belarusian: пясо́чны (pjasóčny), пясча́ны (pjasčány)
• Breton: traezhek (br)
• Bulgarian: песъчли́в (bg) (pesǎčlív)
• Catalan: sorrenc (ca)
• Danish: sandet
• Dutch: zanderig (nl)
• Esperanto: sabla
• Finnish: hiekkainen (fi)
• Galician: areoso (gl) m
• German: sandig (de)
• Greek: αμμώδης (el) (ammódis)

  Ancient: ἀμμώδης (ammṓdēs)

• Gujarati: રેતાળ (retāḷ)
• Hungarian: homokos (hu)
• Icelandic: sendinn
• Ido: sabloza (io)
• Ingrian: liivakas, liivain, liivaperäin
• Latin: harēnōsus
• Latvian: smilšains
• Lithuanian: smėlėtas
• Macedonian: песочен (pesočen)
• Nogai: кумлы (kumlı)
• Polish: piaszczysty (pl)
• Portuguese: areado (pt), arenado
• Romanian: nisipos (ro), arinos
• Russian: песо́чный (ru) (pesóčnyj), песча́ный (ru) (pesčányj)
• Spanish: arenoso (es)
• Swedish: sandig (sv)
• Turkish: kumlu (tr)
• Ukrainian: піща́ний (piščányj)
• Yiddish: זאַמדיק (zamdik)

containing sand

• Azerbaijani: qumsal
• Bulgarian: песъчли́в (bg) (pesǎčlív)
• Irish: gainmheach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sandholdig

• Russian: песо́чный (ru) (pesóčnyj), песча́ный (ru) (pesčányj)

like sand

• Bulgarian: пя́съчен (bg) (pjásǎčen)
• Catalan: sorrenc (ca)
• Finnish: hiekkamainen (fi)
• Galician: areoso (gl) m
• Greek: αμμώδης (el) (ammódis), αμμοειδής (ammoeidís)
• Gujarati: રેતાળ (retāḷ)
• Ido: sabloza (io)
• Latin: harēnōsus
• Latvian: smilšains
• Portuguese: areoso (pt)
• Romanian: nisipos (ro), arinos
• Russian: песо́чный (ru) (pesóčnyj), песча́ный (ru) (pesčányj)
• Spanish: arenoso (es)
• Ukrainian: піща́ний (piščányj)

sand-coloured

• Catalan: vermellós (ca)
• Danish: sandfarvet
• Dutch: zandkleurig (nl)
• Finnish: hiekanvärinen
• German: sandfarben (de)
• Ido: sablea
• Irish: fionnrua (of hair)
• Lithuanian: smėlio spalvos
• Norwegian: sandfarget
• Portuguese: arenoso (pt)
• Romanian: nisipiu (ro)
• Russian: песо́чный (ru) (pesóčnyj)
• Swedish: sandfärgad
• Ukrainian: піща́ний (piščányj)

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Translations to be checked

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

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Noun

sandy (plural sandies)

1. (informal) A sandwich
2. (informal) Ellipsis of pecan sandy.