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sand

adj · noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /sænd/
  • [seənd] ~ [sɛənd] General American, Canada, æ-raising
  • US, æ-tensing: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /sand/
  • Australian: /sæːnd/
  • [seːnd] ~ [sɛeːnd] Australia, æ-raising
  • New-Zealand: /sɛnd/
  • rhymes with -ænd
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

A beach or other mass of sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, often, usually

Examples

  • The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Personal courage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grit

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A single grain of sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, usually

Examples

  • Cf. sands of time (idiom)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

"sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Cf. Sandman, a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

An excuse for tears.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Cf. “Sand in My Eyes”, in TV Tropes, 1 March 2023 (last accessed): “Alternative Title(s): Something In My Eye”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Ellipsis of sandpiper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis

Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To cover with sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To blot ink using sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

fortitude and determination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he didn't have the guts to try it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, gumption

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fortitude

18

noun

Meaning 18

French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writer, author

19

noun

Meaning 19

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soil, dirt

20

verb

Meaning 20

rub with sandpaper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sandpaper the wooden surface

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sandpaper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smooth, smoothen

Narrower terms: rough-sand

History

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor. Proto-Indo-European *sámdhos? Proto-Germanic *samdaz Proto-West Germanic *samd Old English sand Middle English sond English sand Inherited from Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch zand (“sand”), German and Luxembourgish Sand (“sand”), Yiddish זאַמד (zamd, “sand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sand (“sand”), Faroese and Icelandic sandur (“sand”), Latin sabulum (“sand, gravel”), Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”).

From Middle English sanden, from the noun (see above).

Across languages

Translations

501 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пя́съчен (pjásǎčen) — colour
  • Danish: sandfarvet — colour
  • Dutch: zandkleurig — colour
  • Dutch: zandkleurige — colour
  • Finnish: hiekanvärinen — colour
  • French: sable — colour
  • Georgian: ქვიშისფერი (kvišisperi) — colour
  • Hungarian: homokszínű — colour
  • Japanese: 砂色の (sunairo no) — colour
  • Malay: pasir — colour
  • Portuguese: areia — colour
  • Romanian: nisipiu — colour
  • Zazaki: qeraci — colour
  • Abkhaz: аҧслымӡ (apsləmdz) — finely ground rock
  • Acehnese: anoe — finely ground rock
  • Acehnese: anoë — finely ground rock
  • Afar: qidde — finely ground rock
  • Afrikaans: sand — finely ground rock
  • Ahom: 𑜏𑜩 (say) — finely ground rock
  • Ahom: 𑜏𑜩𑜤 (sayu) — finely ground rock
  • Ainu: オタ (ota) — finely ground rock
  • Albanian: rërë — finely ground rock
  • Gheg Albanian: ran — finely ground rock
  • Aleut: chugux̂ — finely ground rock
  • Southern Altai: кумак (kumak) — finely ground rock
  • Southern Altai: кум (kum) — finely ground rock
  • Amharic: አሸዋ (ʾäšäwa) — finely ground rock
  • Chungli Ao: lisem — finely ground rock
  • Arabic: رَمْل (raml) — finely ground rock
  • Arabic: رمل (raml) — finely ground rock
  • Arabic: رمل (ramiḷ) — finely ground rock
  • Arabic: تراب (trāb) — finely ground rock
  • Arabic: رَمِل (ramil) — finely ground rock
  • Aragonese: arena — finely ground rock
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܹܠܵܐ (sēlā) — finely ground rock
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܝܼܙܵܐ (ḥīzā) — finely ground rock
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܝܼܙ (ḥīz) — finely ground rock
  • Aramaic: ܚܠܐ (ḥālā) — finely ground rock
  • Aramaic: חָלָא (ḥālâ) — finely ground rock
  • Armenian: ավազ (avaz) — finely ground rock
  • Aromanian: arinã — finely ground rock
  • Assamese: বালি (bali) — finely ground rock
  • Asturian: sable — finely ground rock
  • Asturian: arena — finely ground rock
  • Asturian: areña — finely ground rock
  • Atong (India): han•cheng — finely ground rock
  • Atong (India): hanʼcheng — finely ground rock
  • Aymara: aqu — finely ground rock
  • Azerbaijani: qum — finely ground rock
  • Bahnar: chuơh — finely ground rock
  • Bangi: nzelo — finely ground rock
  • Bashkir: ҡом (qom) — finely ground rock
  • Basque: harea — finely ground rock
  • Basque: hondar — finely ground rock
  • Belarusian: пясо́к (pjasók) — finely ground rock
  • Bengali: বালু (balu) — finely ground rock
  • Bhojpuri: बालू (bālū) — finely ground rock
  • Central Bikol: basud — finely ground rock
  • Eastern Bontoc: lakian — finely ground rock
  • Breton: traezh — finely ground rock
  • Bulgarian: пя́сък (pjásǎk) — finely ground rock
  • Burmese: သဲ (sai:) — finely ground rock
  • Buryat: элһэн (elhen) — finely ground rock
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пісок (pisok) — finely ground rock
  • Catalan: sorra — finely ground rock
  • Catalan: arena — finely ground rock
  • Cebuano: balas — finely ground rock
  • Eastern Cham: ꨌꨶꩍ (chwah) — finely ground rock
  • Chamicuro: mas̈hkojpe — finely ground rock
  • Chechen: гӏум (ğum) — finely ground rock
  • Cherokee: ᏃᏯ (noya) — finely ground rock
  • Chewong: pasir — finely ground rock
  • Chichewa: mchenga — finely ground rock
  • Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma: mitsanga — finely ground rock
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沙 (saa1) — finely ground rock
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沙子 (saa1 zi2) — finely ground rock
  • Chinese: сазы (sazɨ) — finely ground rock
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 沙 (săi / să) — finely ground rock
  • Gan Chinese: 沙 (sa1) — finely ground rock
  • Hakka Chinese: 沙仔 (sâ-é) — finely ground rock
  • Chinese: 沙 (soa) — finely ground rock
  • Jin Chinese: 沙 (sa1) — finely ground rock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙 (shā) — finely ground rock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙子 (shāzi) — finely ground rock
  • Northern Min Chinese: 沙 (suói / sá) — finely ground rock
  • Wu Chinese: 沙 — finely ground rock
  • Xiang Chinese: 沙 (sa1) — finely ground rock
  • Choctaw: shinuk — finely ground rock
  • Chuvash: хӑйӑр (hăjăr) — finely ground rock
  • East Circassian: пшахъуэ (pšaꭓwɛ) — finely ground rock
  • West Circassian: пшахъо (pšaꭓwo) — finely ground rock
  • Cornish: tewes — finely ground rock
  • Cornish: treth — finely ground rock
  • Crimean Tatar: qum — finely ground rock
  • Czech: písek — finely ground rock
  • Dalmatian: sablaun — finely ground rock
  • Danish: sand — finely ground rock
  • Dolgan: кумак (kumak) — finely ground rock
  • Drung: cvwaq — finely ground rock
  • Dutch: zand — finely ground rock
  • Dutch: zavel — finely ground rock
  • Egyptian: S:a-i-i- (šꜥy) — finely ground rock
  • Elfdalian: sand — finely ground rock
  • Erzya: човар (čovar) — finely ground rock
  • Esperanto: sablo — finely ground rock
  • Estonian: liiv — finely ground rock
  • Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌑𐌄𐌍𐌀 class inanimate (faśena) — finely ground rock
  • Evenki: иңа — finely ground rock
  • Evenki: сируги (sirugi) — finely ground rock
  • Extremaduran: arena — finely ground rock
  • Fala: area — finely ground rock
  • Faroese: sandur — finely ground rock
  • Fijian: nuku — finely ground rock
  • Finnish: hiekka — finely ground rock
  • French: sable — finely ground rock
  • North Frisian: sun — finely ground rock
  • Saterland Frisian: Sound — finely ground rock
  • West-Frisian: sân — finely ground rock
  • Friulian: savalon — finely ground rock
  • Friulian: rene — finely ground rock
  • Fwe: évù — finely ground rock
  • Gagauz: kum — finely ground rock
  • Galician: xabre — finely ground rock
  • Galician: area — finely ground rock
  • Garo: han·cheng — finely ground rock
  • Garo: an·cheng — finely ground rock
  • Georgian: ქვიშა (kviša) — finely ground rock
  • Georgian: სილა (sila) — finely ground rock
  • German: Sand — finely ground rock
  • Old High German: sand — finely ground rock
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰 (malma) — finely ground rock
  • Greek: άμμος (ámmos) — finely ground rock
  • Ancient Greek: ψάμμος (psámmos) — finely ground rock
  • Ancient Greek: ἄμμος (ámmos) — finely ground rock
  • Ancient Greek: ἄμαθος (ámathos) — finely ground rock
  • Ancient Greek: ψάμαθος (psámathos) — finely ground rock
  • Greenlandic: sioqqat — finely ground rock
  • Greenlandic: sioraaqqat — finely ground rock
  • Gujarati: રેતી (retī) — finely ground rock
  • Haitian Creole: sab — finely ground rock
  • Halkomelem: syíts'em — finely ground rock
  • Hawaiian: one — finely ground rock
  • Hebrew: חוֹל (khól) — finely ground rock
  • Higaonon: balas — finely ground rock
  • Hiligaynon: balas — finely ground rock
  • Hindi: रेत (ret) — finely ground rock
  • Hindi: बालू (bālū) — finely ground rock
  • White Hmong: suab puam — finely ground rock
  • Hopi: tuuwa — finely ground rock
  • Hungarian: homok — finely ground rock
  • Icelandic: sandur — finely ground rock
  • Tuwali Ifugao: dalat — finely ground rock
  • Ilocano: darat — finely ground rock
  • Indonesian: pasir — finely ground rock
  • Ingrian: liiva — finely ground rock
  • Ingush: гӏум (ğum) — finely ground rock
  • Inuktitut: ᓯᐅᕋᖅ (sioraq) — finely ground rock
  • Irish: gaineamh — finely ground rock
  • Italian: sabbia — finely ground rock
  • Italian: rena — finely ground rock
  • Ivatan: anay — finely ground rock
  • Japanese: 砂 (suna) — finely ground rock
  • Javanese: ꦮꦼꦝꦶ (wedhi) — finely ground rock
  • Old Javanese: hĕni — finely ground rock
  • Kabuverdianu: areia — finely ground rock
  • Kaitag: къкъум (ɢɢum) — finely ground rock
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: legen — finely ground rock
  • Southern Kalinga: kallis — finely ground rock
  • Kalmyk: элсн (elsn) — finely ground rock
  • Kannada: ಮರಳು (maraḷu) — finely ground rock
  • Kapampangan: balas — finely ground rock
  • Karachay-Balkar: къум (qum) — finely ground rock
  • Karachay-Balkar: юзмез (üzmez) — finely ground rock
  • Karakalpak: qum — finely ground rock
  • Karelian: liede — finely ground rock
  • Karelian: čuuru — finely ground rock
  • S'gaw Karen: မဲး (meḧ) — finely ground rock
  • Kashubian: piôsk — finely ground rock
  • Kazakh: құм (qūm) — finely ground rock
  • Khakas: хум (xum) — finely ground rock
  • Khmer: ខ្សាច់ (ksac) — finely ground rock
  • Khmer: ដីខ្សាច់ (dəy khsac) — finely ground rock
  • Khün: ᨪᩣ᩠ᨿ — finely ground rock
  • Korean: 모래 (morae) — finely ground rock
  • Kumyk: хум (xum) — finely ground rock
  • Kuna: ukub — finely ground rock
  • Central Kurdish: خۆڵ (xoll) — finely ground rock
  • Northern Kurdish: xîz — finely ground rock
  • Northern Kurdish: qûm — finely ground rock
  • Kyrgyz: кум (kum) — finely ground rock
  • Kyrgyz: кумак (kumak) — finely ground rock
  • Ladin: sablon — finely ground rock
  • Ladino: arena — finely ground rock
  • Lao: ດິນຊາຍ (din sāi) — finely ground rock
  • Lao: ຊາຍ (sāi) — finely ground rock
  • Latgalian: smiļkts — finely ground rock
  • Latin: arēna — finely ground rock
  • Latin: harēna — finely ground rock
  • Latin: rāmentum — finely ground rock
  • Latvian: smiltis — finely ground rock
  • Ligurian: ænn-a — finely ground rock
  • Limburgish: zandj — finely ground rock
  • Lingala: zɛ́lɔ class 9a/10a — finely ground rock
  • Lingala: zelo — finely ground rock
  • Lingala: nzelo — finely ground rock
  • Lithuanian: smėlis — finely ground rock
  • Livonian: jõugõ — finely ground rock
  • Lolopo: sa — finely ground rock
  • Lombard: sabbia — finely ground rock
  • Low German: Sand — finely ground rock
  • Lü: ᦌᦻ (saay) — finely ground rock
  • Lutuv: viehnang — finely ground rock
  • Luxembourgish: Sand — finely ground rock
  • Macedonian: песок (pesok) — finely ground rock
  • Maguindanao: petad — finely ground rock
  • Malagasy: fasika — finely ground rock
  • Malay: pasir — finely ground rock
  • Malay: ramal — finely ground rock
  • Brunei Malay: pasir — finely ground rock
  • Malayalam: മണൽ (maṇal) — finely ground rock
  • Maltese: ramel — finely ground rock
  • Manchu: ᠶᠣᠩᡤᠠᠨ (yonggan) — finely ground rock
  • Northern Mansi: сэ̄й (sè̄j) — finely ground rock
  • Manx: geinnagh — finely ground rock
  • Māori: one — finely ground rock
  • Mapudungun: kuyem — finely ground rock
  • Maranao: peted — finely ground rock
  • Marathi: वाळू (vāḷū) — finely ground rock
  • Eastern Mari: ошма (ošma) — finely ground rock
  • Western Mari: ошма (ošma) — finely ground rock
  • Marshallese: bok — finely ground rock
  • Marshallese: bokkwelep — finely ground rock
  • Marshallese: bokkwidik — finely ground rock
  • Marshallese: lim̧ — finely ground rock
  • Mauritian Creole: disab — finely ground rock
  • Mazanderani: وازیک (vâzik) — finely ground rock
  • Middle English: sond — finely ground rock
  • Minangkabau: pasia — finely ground rock
  • Moksha: шувар (šuvar) — finely ground rock
  • Mon: ဗ္တဳ — finely ground rock
  • Mongolian: элс (els) — finely ground rock
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠡᠰᠦ (elesü) — finely ground rock
  • Mwani: nsanga — finely ground rock
  • Nahuatl: xalli — finely ground rock
  • Nanai: сиян (sijan) — finely ground rock
  • Navajo: séí — finely ground rock
  • Neapolitan: réna — finely ground rock
  • Nepali: बालुवा (bāluwā) — finely ground rock
  • Newar: फि (phi) — finely ground rock
  • Ngarrindjeri: tune — finely ground rock
  • Nogai: кум (kum) — finely ground rock
  • Nong Zhuang: saiz — finely ground rock
  • Norman: sablion — finely ground rock
  • Norman: sablloun — finely ground rock
  • Norman: sabllaon — finely ground rock
  • Norman: sabyõ — finely ground rock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sand — finely ground rock
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sand — finely ground rock
  • Occitan: sabla — finely ground rock
  • Occitan: arena — finely ground rock
  • Occitan: sorra — finely ground rock
  • Odia: ବାଲି (bāli) — finely ground rock
  • Odia: ବାଲୁକା (bālukā) — finely ground rock
  • Church Slavic: пѣсъкъ (pěsŭkŭ) — finely ground rock
  • Old East Slavic: пѣсъкъ (pěsŭkŭ) — finely ground rock
  • Old English: sand — finely ground rock
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: arẽa — finely ground rock
  • Old Norse: sandr — finely ground rock
  • Old Tupi: ybyku'i — finely ground rock
  • Oromo: cir'achaa — finely ground rock
  • Ossetian: змис (zmis) — finely ground rock
  • Pacoh: choah — finely ground rock
  • Pacoh: pal — finely ground rock
  • Pacoh: xoang — finely ground rock
  • Pacoh: xông — finely ground rock
  • Pannonian Rusyn: писок (pisok) — finely ground rock
  • Pashto: شګه (šᶕga) — finely ground rock
  • Pashto: رېګ (reg) — finely ground rock
  • Dari: شِن (šin) — finely ground rock
  • Dari: مَاسَه (māsa) — finely ground rock
  • Dari: ریگ (rēg) — finely ground rock
  • Iranian Persian: شِن (šen) — finely ground rock
  • Iranian Persian: ماسِه (mâse) — finely ground rock
  • Iranian Persian: ریگ (rig) — finely ground rock
  • Piedmontese: sabia — finely ground rock
  • Pitjantjatjara: tali — finely ground rock
  • Pitjantjatjara: paki — finely ground rock
  • Plautdietsch: Saunt — finely ground rock
  • Polabian: ṕosăk — finely ground rock
  • Polish: piasek — finely ground rock
  • Portuguese: areia — finely ground rock
  • Punjabi: ਰੇਤ (ret) — finely ground rock
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਲੂ (bālū) — finely ground rock
  • Quechua: aqu — finely ground rock
  • Rohingya: balu — finely ground rock
  • Rohingya: 𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟 (balu) — finely ground rock
  • Romagnol: sàbia — finely ground rock
  • Romagnol: sabiôn — finely ground rock
  • Romani: kishaj — finely ground rock
  • Romanian: nisip — finely ground rock
  • Romanian: arină — finely ground rock
  • Romansh: sablun — finely ground rock
  • Romansh: sablùn — finely ground rock
  • Romansh: sablung — finely ground rock
  • Russian: песо́к (pesók) — finely ground rock
  • Saanich: PЌEĆEN — finely ground rock
  • Saho: cinde — finely ground rock
  • Saho: tsiixil — finely ground rock
  • Saho: xootsa — finely ground rock
  • Northern Sami: sáttu — finely ground rock
  • Samoan: oneone — finely ground rock
  • Samogitian: smėltės — finely ground rock
  • Sanskrit: सिकता (sikatā) — finely ground rock
  • Sanskrit: वालुका (vālukā) — finely ground rock
  • Sanskrit: शीतला (śītalā) — finely ground rock
  • Sanskrit: वालक (vālaka) — finely ground rock
  • Sanskrit: रेणु (reṇu) — finely ground rock
  • Sardinian: arena — finely ground rock
  • Scottish Gaelic: gainmheach — finely ground rock
  • Serbo-Croatian: пе́сак — finely ground rock
  • Serbo-Croatian: пије́сак — finely ground rock
  • Serbo-Croatian: pésak — finely ground rock
  • Serbo-Croatian: pijésak — finely ground rock
  • Shan: သၢႆး (sáai) — finely ground rock
  • Shona: jecha — finely ground rock
  • Shor: қум (qum) — finely ground rock
  • Shor: қумақ (qumaq) — finely ground rock
  • Sicilian: rina — finely ground rock
  • Silesian: piŏsek — finely ground rock
  • Sinhalese: වැලි (wæli) — finely ground rock
  • Slovak: piesok — finely ground rock
  • Slovene: pesek — finely ground rock
  • Lower Sorbian: pěsk — finely ground rock
  • Upper Sorbian: pěsk — finely ground rock
  • Spanish: arena — finely ground rock
  • Sranan Tongo: santi — finely ground rock
  • Sumerian: 𒅖 (saḫar) — finely ground rock
  • Sundanese: keusik — finely ground rock
  • Swahili: mchanga — finely ground rock
  • Swedish: sand — finely ground rock
  • Tagabawa: baklayan — finely ground rock
  • Tagalog: buhangin — finely ground rock
  • Tahitian: one — finely ground rock
  • Tai Nüa: ᥔᥣᥭᥰ (säay) — finely ground rock
  • Tajik: рег (reg) — finely ground rock
  • Talysh: ğum — finely ground rock
  • Tamil: மணல் (maṇal) — finely ground rock
  • Tarantino: réne — finely ground rock
  • Tarifit: ijdi — finely ground rock
  • Tat: qum — finely ground rock
  • Tatar: ком (qom) — finely ground rock
  • Tausug: buhangin — finely ground rock
  • Tauya: wisei — finely ground rock
  • Telugu: ఇసుక (isuka) — finely ground rock
  • Ternate: dowongi — finely ground rock
  • Thai: ทราย (saai) — finely ground rock
  • Northern Thai: ᨪᩣ᩠ᨿ — finely ground rock
  • Tibetan: བྱེ་མ (bye ma) — finely ground rock
  • Tigrinya: ሑጻ (ḥuṣa) — finely ground rock
  • Tokelauan: oneone — finely ground rock
  • Tongan: one'one — finely ground rock
  • Tooro: omusenyi class 3 — finely ground rock
  • Turkish: kum — finely ground rock
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوم (kum) — finely ground rock
  • Turkmen: gum — finely ground rock
  • Turkmen: çäge — finely ground rock
  • Tuvan: элезин (elezin) — finely ground rock
  • Tuvan: кум (kum) — finely ground rock
  • Udi: къум (q̇um) — finely ground rock
  • Udmurt: луо (luo) — finely ground rock
  • Ukrainian: пісо́к (pisók) — finely ground rock
  • Unami: lekaw — finely ground rock
  • Urdu: ریت (ret) — finely ground rock
  • Uyghur: قۇم (qum) — finely ground rock
  • Uzbek: qum — finely ground rock
  • Venetan: sabia — finely ground rock
  • Vietnamese: cát — finely ground rock
  • Vilamovian: zaond — finely ground rock
  • Volapük: sab — finely ground rock
  • Walloon: såvlon — finely ground rock
  • Walloon: såbe — finely ground rock
  • Welsh: tywod — finely ground rock
  • Wolof: suuf — finely ground rock
  • Yakan: umus — finely ground rock
  • Yakut: кумах (kumaq) — finely ground rock
  • Yámana: asola — finely ground rock
  • Yiddish: זאַמד (zamd) — finely ground rock
  • Yonaguni: 砂 (china) — finely ground rock
  • Yoron: 砂 (shina) — finely ground rock
  • Zazaki: qum (diq) — finely ground rock
  • Zazaki: sên — finely ground rock
  • Zealandic: zand — finely ground rock
  • Zhuang: sa — finely ground rock
  • Zhuang: saiz — finely ground rock
  • Zulu: isihlabathi — finely ground rock
  • Albanian: plazh — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Gheg Albanian: ranishte — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Central Bikol: baybay — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Central Bikol: baybayon — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Bulgarian: плаж (plaž) — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Catalan: platja — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Chamicuro: mas̈hkojpe — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Cherokee: ᏃᏯ (noya) — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma: bahari — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Cornish: treth — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Czech: pláž — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Danish: sandstrand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Danish: strand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Dutch: zandstrand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Esperanto: plaĝo — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Finnish: hiekkaranta — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Finnish: hietikko — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Finnish: hiekka — beach or other expanse of sand
  • French: plage — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Galician: praia — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Galician: areal — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Georgian: მეჩეჩი (mečeči) — beach or other expanse of sand
  • German: Sand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • German: Sandstrand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Greek: αμμουδιά (ammoudiá) — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Hungarian: föveny — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Hungarian: homokzátony — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Hungarian: homokpad — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Italian: spiaggia — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Japanese: 砂浜 (sunahama) — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Japanese: ビーチ (bīchi) — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Malay: pasir — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Marathi: वाळू (vāḷū) — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Marshallese: bok — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sandstrand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Portuguese: praia — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Romanian: plajă — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràigh — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Spanish: playa — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Swedish: sandstrand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Swedish: strand — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Zazaki: plac — beach or other expanse of sand
  • Czech: kuráž — personal courage
  • Dutch: lef — personal courage
  • Finnish: asenne — personal courage
  • French: cran — personal courage
  • Hungarian: bátorság — personal courage
  • Hungarian: mersz — personal courage
  • Hungarian: kurázsi — personal courage
  • Hungarian: karakánság — personal courage
  • Romanian: curaj — personal courage
  • Zazaki: qerac — personal courage
  • Finnish: hiekanjyvä — geology: particle
  • Finnish: hiekka — geology: particle
  • Cherokee: ᏃᏯ (noya) — light beige colour
  • Danish: sandfarve — light beige colour
  • Finnish: hiekanruskea — light beige colour
  • French: ton sable — light beige colour
  • French: teinte sable — light beige colour
  • Galician: area — light beige colour
  • German: Sand — light beige colour
  • German: Sandfarbe — light beige colour
  • Hungarian: homokszín — light beige colour
  • Japanese: 砂色 (sunairo) — light beige colour
  • Malay: pasir — light beige colour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sandfarge — light beige colour
  • Portuguese: areia — light beige colour
  • Russian: песо́чный (pesóčnyj) — light beige colour
  • Swedish: sandfärgad — light beige colour
  • Zazaki: qumi — light beige colour
  • Zazaki: qeraci — light beige colour
  • Esperanto: sablero — single grain of sand
  • Finnish: hiekanjyvä — single grain of sand
  • Hungarian: homokszem — single grain of sand
  • Northern Mansi: сэ̄йсам (sè̄jsam) — single grain of sand
  • Albanian: kohë — moment or interval of time
  • Finnish: hetki — moment or interval of time
  • Bulgarian: почиствам с пясък (počistvam s pjasǎk) — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Dutch: schuren — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Finnish: hioa (hiekkapaperilla) — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • German: schleifen — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • German: schmirgeln — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Hungarian: smirgliz — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Italian: scartavetrare — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Japanese: 磨く (migaku) — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Māori: whakamaene — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Portuguese: arear — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Portuguese: lixar — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Romanian: sabla — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Spanish: lijar — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Spanish: alijar — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Swedish: slipa — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Swedish: sandpappra — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Welsh: sandio — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Zazaki: welek — to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Bulgarian: покривам с пясък (pokrivam s pjasǎk) — to cover with sand
  • Finnish: hiekoittaa — to cover with sand
  • Hungarian: homokkal felszór/beszór/betemet — to cover with sand
  • Italian: insabbiare — to cover with sand
  • Portuguese: arear — to cover with sand
  • Quechua: aqochay — to cover with sand
  • Romanian: acoperi cu nisip — to cover with sand
  • Romanian: nisipi — to cover with sand
  • Swedish: sanda — to cover with sand
  • Zazaki: kop — to cover with sand