strand

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• Received-Pronunciation: /stɹænd/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /stɹand/
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• rhymes with -ænd
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɹænd/
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈstɹ̝̊wænd] ~ [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wænd]
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /ˈstɹand/
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: [ˈstɹ̝̊wand]
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• Scotland, Wales: /ˈstɾänd/
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• Scotland, Wales: [ˈstɾänd]
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• /ˈstɹæːnd/ Australia, bad–lad split
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• [ˈstɹ̝̊wæːnd] Australia, bad–lad split
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• New-Zealand: /ˈstɹɛnd/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈstɹ̝̊wɛnd]
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• /ˈstɹeə̯nd/ General American, Canada, æ-raising
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• [ˈstɹ̝̊weə̯nd] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊weənd] General American, Canada, æ-raising
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• /ˈstɹɛə̯nd/ General American, Canada, æ-raising
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• [ˈstɹ̝̊wɛə̯nd] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊wɛə̯nd] General American, Canada, æ-raising
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• Australia: /ˈstɹeːnd/
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• Australia: [ˈstɹ̝̊weːnd]
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• CMU ARPABET: S T R AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.

* From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh3- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, German Strand (“beach”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish strand (“beach”), Faroese strond (“beach”), Icelandic strönd (“beach”). * (street): Perhaps from the similarity of shape.

Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streng (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”). Compare also Old High German stranga (“strand of hair”), modern German Strang (“strand, thread, cord”).

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бряг (brjag) — beach
• Bulgarian: крайбрежие (krajbrežie) — beach
• Catalan: platja — beach
• Chinese Mandarin: 海滨 (hǎibīn) — beach
• Czech: pláž — beach
• Czech: břeh — beach
• Danish: strand — beach
• Dutch: strand — beach
• Esperanto: strando — beach
• Estonian: rand — beach
• Faroese: sandstrond — beach
• Finnish: ranta — beach
• French: grève — beach
• German: Strand — beach
• Ancient Greek: αἰγιαλός (aigialós) — beach
• Ancient Greek: ῥηγμίν (rhēgmín) — beach
• Hungarian: tengerpart — beach
• Icelandic: strönd — beach
• Irish: trá — beach
• Italian: spiaggia — beach
• Italian: battigia — beach
• Italian: bagnasciuga — beach
• Javanese: pesisir — beach
• Latvian: pludmale — beach
• Macedonian: брег (breg) — beach
• Macedonian: пла́жа (pláža) — beach
• Macedonian: кра́јбрежје (krájbrežje) — beach
• Malay: pantai — beach
• Māori: tātahi — beach
• Māori: tuaone — beach
• Māori: tāhuna — beach
• Māori: onetai — beach
• Norwegian: strand — beach
• Polish: plaża — beach
• Portuguese: praia — beach
• Romanian: plajă — beach
• Romanian: țărm — beach
• Russian: бе́рег (béreg) — beach
• Russian: пля́ж (pljáž) — beach
• Scottish Gaelic: tràigh — beach
• Slovak: pláž — beach
• Slovene: plaža — beach
• Spanish: playa — beach
• Swedish: strand — beach
• Bulgarian: нищка (ništka) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Czech: vlákno — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Czech: žíla — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Esperanto: kablero — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Finnish: säie — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• French: brin — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• French: toron — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Hebrew: גְּדִיל (gdil) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Hindi: तागा (tāgā) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Hindi: धागा (dhāgā) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Italian: filo — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Macedonian: ни́шка (níška) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Malayalam: ഇഴ (iḻa) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Māori: kanoi — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Māori: kāwiriwiri — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Māori: io — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Māori: whenu — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Māori: kāwai — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Māori: mimire — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Māori: hotahota — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Romanian: fir — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Russian: жи́ла (žíla) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Russian: нить (nitʹ) — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Spanish: hebra — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Spanish: filástica — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Tarifit: ẓeṭṭu — each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord
• Bulgarian: връв (vrǎv) — string
• Esperanto: fadeno — string
• Finnish: säie — string
• Finnish: jänne — string
• French: cordelette — string
• German: Strang — string
• Hindi: तागा (tāgā) — string
• Hindi: धागा (dhāgā) — string
• Ido: torono — string
• Italian: filo — string
• Italian: filamento — string
• Macedonian: ко́нче (kónče) — string
• Māori: kanoi — string
• Portuguese: cordel — string
• Romanian: șirag — string
• Slovak: vlákno — string
• Slovak: žila — string
• Spanish: hebra — string
• Spanish: estoperol — string
• Swedish: sträng — string
• Telugu: పోగు (pōgu) — string
• Belarusian: пасма (pasma) — individual length of string-like substance
• Bulgarian: кичур (kičur) — individual length of string-like substance
• Catalan: floc — individual length of string-like substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 綹 /绺 (liǔ) — individual length of string-like substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 一綹頭髮 /一绺头发 (yī liǔ tóufa) — individual length of string-like substance
• Czech: pramen — individual length of string-like substance
• Czech: pramínek — individual length of string-like substance
• Finnish: hius — individual length of string-like substance
• Finnish: pätkä — individual length of string-like substance
• French: mèche — individual length of string-like substance
• German: Strähne — individual length of string-like substance
• Hindi: धागा (dhāgā) — individual length of string-like substance
• Hindi: रेशा (reśā) — individual length of string-like substance
• Italian: ciocca — individual length of string-like substance
• Central Kurdish: تاڵ (tall) — individual length of string-like substance
• Laki: تاڵ (tall) — individual length of string-like substance
• Lithuanian: sruoga — individual length of string-like substance
• Macedonian: пе́рче (pérče) — individual length of string-like substance
• Macedonian: ки́чер (kíčer) — individual length of string-like substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hårstrå — individual length of string-like substance
• Persian: تار (târ) — individual length of string-like substance
• Persian: طره (torre) — individual length of string-like substance
• Persian: ترنه (torne) — individual length of string-like substance
• Polish: kosmyk — individual length of string-like substance
• Portuguese: madeixa — individual length of string-like substance
• Portuguese: mecha — individual length of string-like substance
• Romanian: șuviță — individual length of string-like substance
• Russian: пря́дь (prjádʹ) — individual length of string-like substance
• Slovak: prameň vlasov — individual length of string-like substance
• Spanish: pequeño mechón — individual length of string-like substance
• Spanish: pelo — individual length of string-like substance
• Spanish: brizna — individual length of string-like substance
• Spanish: brinza — individual length of string-like substance
• Swedish: strå — individual length of string-like substance
• Finnish: johdin — electronics: group of wires, usually twisted or braided
• Finnish: sarja — broadcasting:series of programmes on a particular theme
• Finnish: juonne — figuratively: element in a composite whole; sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread
• Finnish: ketju — figuratively: element in a composite whole; sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread
• Chinese Mandarin: 链 (liàn) — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Finnish: ketju — genetics: nucleotide chain
• French: brin — genetics: nucleotide chain
• German: Strang — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Italian: filamento — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Portuguese: fita — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Russian: цепь (cepʹ) — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Russian: цепочка (cepočka) — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Spanish: cadena — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Spanish: hebra — genetics: nucleotide chain
• Albanian: rend — to run aground
• Bulgarian: засядам (zasjadam) — to run aground
• Dutch: stranden — to run aground
• Finnish: ajaa karille — to run aground
• French: échouer — to run aground
• Galician: varar — to run aground
• Ido: strandar — to run aground
• Italian: incagliarsi — to run aground
• Italian: spiaggiare — to run aground
• Māori: whakapae — to run aground
• Māori: whakakukū — to run aground
• Old English: strandian — to run aground
• Portuguese: encalhar — to run aground
• Russian: сесть на мель (sestʹ na melʹ) — to run aground
• Russian: высадиться (vysaditʹsja) — to run aground
• Serbo-Croatian: nasukati — to run aground
• Slovak: uviaznúť (na plytčine) — to run aground
• Spanish: varar — to run aground
• Ottoman Turkish: اوتورمق (oturmak) — to run aground
• Albanian: braktis — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Finnish: jättää heitteille — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Finnish: hylätä — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• French: abandonner — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• German: im Stich lassen — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Ido: strandar — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Italian: abbandonare — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Māori: whakamahue — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Māori: whakarere — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Portuguese: abandonar — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Russian: бросить (brositʹ) — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Russian: бросить на произвол судьбы (brositʹ na proizvol sudʹby) — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Russian: оставить в беде (ostavitʹ v bede) — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Russian: подставить (podstavitʹ) — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Slovak: opustiť — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Spanish: abandonar — to leave someone in a difficult situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 懸空 /悬空 (xuánkōng) — (grammar) to leave an element without its object
• French: échouer — (grammar) to leave an element without its object
• Bulgarian: усуквам (usukvam) — to form by uniting strands
• Finnish: punoa — to form by uniting strands
• Macedonian: усу́кува (usúkuva) — to form by uniting strands
• Russian: связывать (svjazyvatʹ) — to form by uniting strands
• Swedish: sno — to form by uniting strands