Sandal

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ændÉ™l

Origin

From Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον, diminutive of σάνδαλον (sandalon, "sandal"), probably ultimately from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭭𐭣𐭫 (čandal, "sandalwood"). Compare New Persian صندل (sandal, "sandal").

Full definition of sandal

Noun

1. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
2. sandalwood
• TennysonAnd 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...

Hyponyms

• flip-flop, jandal, thong