sandcastle

English

Etymology

sand + castle

Pronunciation

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Noun

sandcastle (plural sandcastles)

1. 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

• Catalan: castell de sorra m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙堡 (zh) (shābǎo), 沙塔 (shātǎ), (figurative) 空中樓閣, 空中楼阁 (zh) (kōngzhōnglóugé)

• Dutch: zandkasteel (nl) n
• Esperanto: sabloburgo
• Finnish: hiekkalinna
• French: château de sable m
• German: Sandburg (de) f
• Hungarian: homokvár
• Ido: please add this translation if you can

• 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)
• Jèrriais: châté dé sablion m
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: castelo de areia (pt) m
• Russian: песчаный замок m (pesčányj zámok)
• Scottish Gaelic: caisteal-gainmhich m
• Spanish: castillo de arena m
• Swedish: sandslott (sv) n

See also

• Wikipedia article on sandcastles