sanderling

English

Etymology

First recorded 1600s. Possibly a descendant from Old English sand + Old English yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English.

Noun

sanderling (plural sanderlings)

A sanderling.

1. A small wading bird, Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.

Translations

Calidris alba

• Bulgarian: трипръст брегобегач m (triprǎst bregobegač)
• Dutch: drieteenstrandloper (nl) m
• Finnish: pulmussirri (fi)
• French: bécasseau sanderling (fr) m
• German: Sanderling (de) m
• Irish: luatharán m
• Norman: albette f, couotheux d'grève m
• Old English: sand-yrðling
• Polish: piaskowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: maçarico-branco
• Russian: песча́нка (ru) f (pesčánka)
• Spanish: playero (es) m, correlimos m
• Swedish: sandlöpare (sv) c

Anagrams

• slandering

French

Noun

sanderling m (plural sanderlings)

1. sanderling

Further reading

• “sanderling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.