sandpiper
/ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/noun
sandpiper is a noun meaning “Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-N-D-P-I-P-E-R, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of sandpiper is sandpipers.
What does sandpiper mean?
noun
- 1
Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sandpiper?
- US /ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/
- UK /ˈsænd.paɪpə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sandpiper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sandpiper
- sandpipers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sandpiper?
Sandpiper appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate sandpiper?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of sandpiper: sand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sandpiper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird of the family Scolopacidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chevalier |
| German | Wasserläufer, Strandläufer |
| Portuguese | maçarico |
| Spanish | playero, correlimos |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sandpiper come from?
From sand + piper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).