sand

Signification (Anglais)

1. 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.
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.
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.
4. Personal courage.
5. A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
6. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
7. (obsolete) A single grain of sand.
8. A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
9. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
10. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
11. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

sable

poncer

sol sableux

sable fin

teinte sable

ton sable

tripes

granulat

roux pâle

sablonner

sabble

papier-sable

sableuxse

sandy soil

Sandy Creek

sandy ground

wild dog

make flat

stone and water to make floor

airidity

atom of dust

very fine sand

antmound

rub off with emery

grain of sand

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sænd/

From Middle English sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos, from *sem- (“to pour”). See also West Frisian sân, Dutch zand, German Sand, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sand, Latin sabulum, Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos), 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”).