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

Declension of Vandal (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vandal	Vandalové
genitive	Vandala	Vandalů
dative	Vandalovi, Vandalu	Vandalům
accusative	Vandala	Vandaly
vocative	Vandale	Vandalové
locative	Vandalovi, Vandalu	Vandalech
instrumental	Vandalem	Vandaly

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