areny

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin arēnĕum, from arēna (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈɾe̞ɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈɾəɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈɾɛɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈɾeɲ]

Noun

areny m (plural arenys)

1. a sandy place, such as a sandbank, a sand dune, a sandy beach, etc.

Further reading

• “areny”, 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
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “areny”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)