areny

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈɾɛɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈɾəɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “areny” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.