Vandal

See also: vandal, vandál, and vàndal

English

Etymology

From Latin Vandalus, named after the Germanic tribe, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-eh₂-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). Also related to Old English Wendlas.

Noun

Vandal (plural Vandals)

1. (historical) A member of an ancient east Germanic tribe famous for sacking Rome.

Translations

member of an ancient east Germanic tribe

• Arabic: وِنْدَالِيّ m (windāliyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汪達爾／汪达尔 (zh) (Wàngdá'ěr)

• Czech: Vandal (cs) m
• Danish: vandal c (attributive)
• Estonian: vandaal
• Finnish: vandaali (fi)
• French: Vandale (fr) m
• Galician: vándalo m
• German: Vandale (de) m, Wandale (de) m
• Greek: Βάνδαλος (el) m or f (Vándalos)

  Ancient: Οὐάνδαλος m (Ouándalos)

• Hebrew: ונדל m (Vandal)
• Hungarian: vandál (hu)
• Icelandic: Vandali m
• Interlingua: vandalo
• Irish: Vandal m
• Italian: vandalo (it)
• Japanese: ヴァンダル族 (Vandaru-zoku)
• Malay: Andalus
• Maori: Wanara
• Marathi: व्हँडल (vhĕṇḍal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vandal m

  Nynorsk: vandal m

• Polish: Wandal (pl) m
• Portuguese: vândalo (pt) m
• Russian: Ва́ндал m (Vándal)
• Slovak: Vandal m
• Spanish: vándalo (es) m
• Swedish: vandal (sv) c
• Tagalog: Bandalo
• Yiddish: וואַנדאַל (yi) m (vandal)

Adjective

Vandal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Vandals.

   Synonym: Vandalic

Translations

of or relating to the Vandals — see Vandalic

Proper noun

Vandal

1. An extinct East Germanic language ascribed to have been spoken by the Vandals.

   Synonym: Vandalic

Derived terms

• vandal
• vandalism

 

Related terms

• Vandalic

Czech

Noun

Vandal m anim

1. Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “Vandal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “Vandal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Vandal, from Latin Vandalus, named after the Germanic tribe, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz.

Noun

Vandal m (genitive singular Vandail, nominative plural Vandail)

1. (historical) Vandal

Declension

Declension of Vandal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Vandal Vandail Vocative a Vandail a Vandala Genitive Vandail Vandal Dative Vandal Vandail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Vandal na Vandail Genitive an Vandail na Vandal Dative leis an Vandal don Vandal leis na Vandail

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Vandal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Vandal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Vandal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024