sandcastle

English

Etymology

sand +‎ castle

Pronunciation

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Noun

sandcastle (plural sandcastles)

a sandcastle

A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach.

Translations

a sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle

Afrikaans: sandkasteel
Catalan: castell de sorra m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙堡 (zh) (shābǎo), 沙塔 (shātǎ), (figurative) 空中樓閣 (zh), 空中楼阁 (zh) (kōngzhōnglóugé)
Dutch: zandkasteel (nl) n
Esperanto: sabloburgo
Finnish: hiekkalinna (fi)
French: château de sable (fr) m
German: Sandburg (de) f
Hungarian: homokvár (hu)
Ido: sablokastelo

Italian: castello di sabbia m
Japanese: 砂の城 (すなのしろ, suna no shiro), 砂上の楼閣 (さじょうのろうかく, sajō no rōkaku)
Korean: 모래성 (ko) (moraeseong)
Norman: châté dé sablion m
Portuguese: castelo de areia (pt) m
Romanian: castel de nisip n
Russian: песча́ный за́мок m (pesčányj zámok)
Scottish Gaelic: caisteal-gainmhich m
Spanish: castillo de arena m
Swedish: sandslott (sv) n

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