strand
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /stɹænd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /stɹænd/, [stɹɛənd]
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
- 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 *ster- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand, Norwegian Bokmål strand, Icelandic strönd.
- (street): Perhaps from the similarity of shape.
Noun
strand (plural strands)
- The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
- Grand Strand
- 1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: […] A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1814, →OCLC:
- A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought / A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet: / To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Sets out as Captain of a Ship. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 159:
- They rowed about a League; and then ſet me down on a Strand.
- (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
- A small brook or rivulet.
- (British dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
- A street.
Alternative forms
- strond (obsolete)
Translations
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Verb
strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)
- (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
- (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- (transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
- Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
Translations
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Etymology 2
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 streen (“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”).
Noun
strand (plural strands)
- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- A string.
- An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
- strand of spaghetti
- strand of hair
- (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
- 2020, Nichola Dobson, Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons, page 45:
- By 1985, the children's strand had been renamed Children's BBC (CBBC by the mid-1990s), which continued to show animation among other programming in a dedicated time slot.
- (figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
- strand of truth
- 2004, David Wray, Literacy: Major Themes in Education, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 78:
- She responds to both questions in writing and checks her answer on the fact question. Her suspicions confirmed about the importance of the two names, Miranda vows to pay close attention to this strand of the story as she continues to read.
- (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:string
Derived terms
Translations
Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of <substance>” that are different for each substance. The translations below refer to strands in general. You might find a more appropriate translation under the word for the substance itself.
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Verb
strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)
- (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).
- (transitive) To form by uniting strands.
Translations
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strant/
Audio (file)
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stran/, [sd̥ʁɑnˀ]
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | strand | stranden | strande | strandene |
genitive | strands | strandens | strandes | strandenes |
Derived terms
- forstrand c
- fribadestrand c
- sandstrand c
- strandarve c
- strandasters c
- strandbo c
- strandbred c
- strande
- strandfodring c
- strandhugst c
- stranding c
- strandkant c
- strandkål c
- strandløber c
- strandløg c
- strandløve c
- strandpiber c
- strandret c
- strandskade c
- strandsnegl c
- strandsvin n
- strandvasker c
- strandvolley c
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strɑnt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: strand
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
- Homophone: Strand
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch strant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: strand
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃtrɒnd]
- Rhymes: -ɒnd
Noun
strand (plural strandok)
- beach (a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning)
- pool, swimming pool (an urban open-air facility with lawns, trees and several artificially constructed pools, used for summertime leisure)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | strand | strandok |
accusative | strandot | strandokat |
dative | strandnak | strandoknak |
instrumental | stranddal | strandokkal |
causal-final | strandért | strandokért |
translative | stranddá | strandokká |
terminative | strandig | strandokig |
essive-formal | strandként | strandokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | strandban | strandokban |
superessive | strandon | strandokon |
adessive | strandnál | strandoknál |
illative | strandba | strandokba |
sublative | strandra | strandokra |
allative | strandhoz | strandokhoz |
elative | strandból | strandokból |
delative | strandról | strandokról |
ablative | strandtól | strandoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
strandé | strandoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
strandéi | strandokéi |
Possessive forms of strand | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | strandom | strandjaim |
2nd person sing. | strandod | strandjaid |
3rd person sing. | strandja | strandjai |
1st person plural | strandunk | strandjaink |
2nd person plural | strandotok | strandjaitok |
3rd person plural | strandjuk | strandjaik |
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- strand in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strand/, /strɔːnd/
References
- “strō̆nd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
strand f or m (definite singular stranda or stranden, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)
Derived terms
References
- “strand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strɑnd/, /strɑnː/
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “strand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *strandō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strɑnd/
Noun
strand n
- beach
- shore
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 4
- Witodlīce on ǣrne merġen sē Hǣlend stōd on þām strande; ne ġecnēowon þēah ðā leorningcnihtas þæt hit sē Hǣlend wæs.
- Certainly at early morning the Healer (Jesus) stood at the shore; Though the disciples did not recognise that it was the Healer (Jesus).
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 4
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Usage notes
More strongly associated with beaches compared to English shore, but works as a general word for shore when context is provided. Swedish often prefers phrases with land (“land”) instead, for example "Vi seglade mot land" (We sailed toward the shore) and "in mot land" (into shore – "in toward land"). See also for example i land (“ashore”).
Declension
Declension of strand | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | strand | stranden | stränder | stränderna |
Genitive | strands | strandens | stränders | strändernas |
Related terms
- badstrand
- flodstrand
- havsstrand
- sandstrand
- stranda
- strandaster
- strandbad
- strandbank
- strandbebyggelse
- strandbrant
- strandbrink
- strandbryn
- strandbrädd
- stranddräkt
- strandfynd
- strandgrus
- strandhavre
- strandhotell
- strandhugg
- strandkant
- strandklippa
- strandkrabba
- strandkrypa
- strandkål
- strandlag
- strandlinje
- strandliv
- strandning
- strandnära
- strandområde
- strandparti
- strandpipare
- strandpromenad
- strandraggare
- strandremsa
- strandrev
- strandråg
- strandrätt
- strandsjö
- strandskata
- strandskog
- strandskydd
- strandskyddad
- strandsluttning
- strandsnäcka
- strandstat
- strandsvall
- strandsätta
- strandsättning
- strandtomt
- strandvakt
- strandvall
- strandvrak
- strandväg
- strandväxt
- strandzon
- strandägare
- strandäng
- åstrand
- älvstrand