sandstorm
See also: sand storm
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
sandstorm (plural sandstorms)
- A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
- 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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Translations
strong wind carrying clouds of sand
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zandstorm. Equivalent to sand + storm.
Noun
sandstorm (plural sandstorms)
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sanstɔrm/, [ˈsanˌsd̥ɒˀm]
Noun
sandstorm c (singular definite sandstormen, plural indefinite sandstorme)
Inflection
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sandstorm | sandstormen | sandstorme | sandstormene |
genitive | sandstorms | sandstormens | sandstormes | sandstormenes |
See also
- sandstorm on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
Icelandic
Noun
sandstorm
- indefinite accusative singular of sandstormur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormer, definite plural sandstormene)
Related terms
References
- “sandstorm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormar, definite plural sandstormane)
Related terms
References
- “sandstorm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
sandstorm c
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | sandstorm | sandstorms |
definite | sandstormen | sandstormens | |
plural | indefinite | sandstormar | sandstormars |
definite | sandstormarna | sandstormarnas |