sandcastle

English

Etymology

sand +‎ castle

Pronunciation

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Noun

sandcastle (plural sandcastles)

a sandcastle

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

• 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
• Russian: песча́ный за́мок m (pesčányj zámok)
• Scottish Gaelic: caisteal-gainmhich m
• Spanish: castillo de arena m
• Swedish: sandslott (sv) n

See also

• bucket and spade
• Wikipedia article on sandcastles