sandstorm

See also: sand storm

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sand +‎ storm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sandstorm (plural sandstorms)

  1. A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
    Hypernym: storm
    Near-synonyms: duststorm, duster (broadly synonymous), haboob
    • 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 114 footnote:
      There are few sights more appalling than a sandstorm in the desert, the "Zauba'ah" as the Arabs call it.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zandstorm. Equivalent to sand +‎ storm.

Noun

sandstorm (plural sandstorms)

  1. sandstorm

Danish

Etymology

From sand +‎ storm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sanstɔrm/, [ˈsanˌsd̥ɒˀm]

Noun

sandstorm c (singular definite sandstormen, plural indefinite sandstorme)

  1. sandstorm

Inflection

Declension of sandstorm
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sandstorm sandstormen sandstorme sandstormene
genitive sandstorms sandstormens sandstormes sandstormenes

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Icelandic

Noun

sandstorm

  1. indefinite accusative singular of sandstormur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sand +‎ storm.

Noun

sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormer, definite plural sandstormene)

  1. a sandstorm

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From sand +‎ storm.

Noun

sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormar, definite plural sandstormane)

  1. a sandstorm

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Swedish

Noun

sandstorm c

  1. sandstorm

Declension