strand

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /stɹænd/ (General American, Canada, æ-raising) IPA(key): [stɹeənd] ~ [stɹɛənd] (Standard Southern British, Northern England) IPA(key): /stɹand/ (Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /stɾand/ (Australia) IPA(key): /stɹæːnd/ (Australia, æ-raising) IPA(key): [stɹeːnd] ~ [stɹɛːnd] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /stɹɛnd/ 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 *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. ==== Noun ==== strand (plural strands) The shore or beach of the sea or ocean. (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river. A small brook or rivulet. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter. A street. ===== Alternative forms ===== strond (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== 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. (baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base. (transitive, grammar) To leave an element (e.g., an adposition) without its complement adjacent to it. ===== Synonyms ===== (run aground): beach (leave someone in a difficult situation): abandon, desert ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === 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 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”). ==== 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. (figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread. strand of truth (genetics) A nucleotide chain. (Philippines, education) (formal) A specialization of a senior high school track. (informal) Synonym of track. ===== 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. ==== 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 ===== === Anagrams === Arndts, trDNAs, drants, darsn't == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /strant/ === Noun === strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie) beach == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse strǫnd. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stran/, [sd̥ʁɑnˀ] === Noun === strand c (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande) beach shore, seashore seaside ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === strand imperative of strande === References === “strand” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /strɑnt/ 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, particularly: ==== Noun ==== strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n) beach, strand ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: strand === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== strand inflection of stranden: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Strand. === 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== strandol strandos (Compound words): strandcipő strandpapucs strandtáska === References === === Further reading === strand in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Icelandic == === Etymology === Deverbal from stranda (“to run aground”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /strant/ Rhymes: -ant === Noun === strand n (genitive singular strands, nominative plural strönd) running aground, stranding ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Noun === strand alternative form of stronde == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse strǫnd. ==== Noun ==== strand f or m (definite singular stranda or stranden, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene) a beach or shore ===== Derived terms ===== nakenstrand sandstrand strande strandlinje === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== strand imperative of strande === References === “strand” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse strǫnd. Akin to English strand. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /strɑnd/, /strɑnː/ === Noun === strand f (definite singular stranda, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene) a beach or shore ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nakenstrand sandstrand strande strandlinje === References === “strand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *strandō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /strɑnd/ Rhymes: -ɑnd === Noun === strand n beach shore c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 4 ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: stronde, strande, stron, strond, strounde, strone (Late Middle English)English: strand (obsolete strond)Scots: strandYola: sthroane, sthroan, sthrone, stronde → Old French: estrande, estran == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-. === Pronunciation === === Noun === strand c beach (not necessarily sandy) shore ==== 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “strand”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “strand”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “strand”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)