sarnie

English

Alternative forms

• sarny, sarney

Etymology

Probably from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni

Noun

sarnie (plural sarnies)

1. (British, informal) A sandwich.

   Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheese sarnie for you?

   • 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74:

     Just like Marple, there's a plaque at the London terminus [Paddington] commemorating a fictional character - a polite, friendly little bear from darkest Peru who has a penchant for marmalade sarnies.

2. (UK, birdwatching) The Sandwich tern.

Synonyms

• (sandwich): sammie (North America, informal) sanger (AU, informal), sango (AU, informal), sarmie (RSA, informal), sambo (Ireland, informal)

Anagrams

• Neiras, Nerias, Raines, Resian, arisen, arsine, erasin, esiRNA, esirna, raines

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ɲɛ/
• Rhymes: -arɲɛ
• Syllabification: sar‧nie
• Homophone: sarnię

Noun

sarnie f

1. dative/locative singular of sarna

Adjective

sarnie

1. inflection of sarni:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural