balandra

English

Noun

balandra (plural balandras)

1. (obsolete) A sailboat with a single mast.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bélandre, perhaps with influence from Turkish palandra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈlan.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈlan.dɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

balandra f (plural balandres)

1. a sailboat with a single mast

Hypernyms

• veler

Hyponyms

• cúter
• sloop

Derived terms

• salsa balandra

Further reading

• “balandra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

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Alternative forms

• bilandro, palandra

Etymology

Borrowed from French bélandre, from Dutch bijlander (literally “by-lander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlan.dra/
• Rhymes: -andra
• Hyphenation: ba‧làn‧dra

Noun

balandra f (plural balandre)

1. (nautical, historical) bilander

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bélandre, from Dutch bijlander (literally “by-lander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlandɾa/ [baˈlãn̪.d̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -andɾa
• Syllabification: ba‧lan‧dra

Noun

balandra f (plural balandras)

1. (nautical, historical) bilander
2. a type of sauce from Catalonia, made with bread, vinegar and garlic

Descendants

• → Tagalog: balandra

Further reading

• “balandra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balandra, from French bélandre, from Dutch bijlander.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlandɾa/ [bɐˈlan̪.d̪ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -andɾa
• Syllabification: ba‧lan‧dra

Noun

balandra (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇ)

1. (nautical) sloop-type of sea vessel
2. (colloquial) condition of being strewn, scattered about, or thrown down

Derived terms

• balandrahin
• bumalandra
• ibalandra
• maibalandra
• nakabalandra

See also

• batel

Further reading

• “balandra”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “balandra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.