sanderling
French, noun/sɑ̃.dɛʁ.liŋ/
sanderling is a French masculine noun meaning “sanderling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bécasseau limicole de la famille des Scolopacidae et la sous-famille des Calidridinae, synonyme de bécasseau…”.
What does sanderling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesanderling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bécasseau limicole de la famille des Scolopacidae et la sous-famille des Calidridinae, synonyme de bécasseau sanderling (oiseau).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sanderling
- sanderlings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sanderling?
- /sɑ̃.dɛʁ.liŋ/
- /sɑ̃.dɛʁ.lɛ̃/
- \sɑ̃.dɛʁ.liŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sanderling in French?
sanderling appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).