sandbank

See also: Sandbank

English

Etymology

From sand +‎ bank. Compare Dutch zandbank (“sandbank, shoal”), German Sandbank (“sandbank, sandbar, shoal”), Swedish sandbank (“sandbank, bar”).

Noun

sandbank (plural sandbanks)

A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.

Synonyms

shoal
sandbar
sandridge

Translations

ridge of sand

Breton: traezhenn (br) f
Catalan: banc de sorra m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙洲 (zh) (shāzhōu)
Danish: sandbanke (da) c
Dutch: zandbank (nl)
French: banc de sable (fr)
Galician: barra f, banco de area m, restinga (gl) f, taro m, sirte m, brica f
German: Sandbank (de) f
Ido: sablostrato (io)
Igbo: ubòm
Japanese: 砂州 (ja) (さす, sasu)
Maori: tāhuna, ranga, tāhuna onepū

Norman: banc d'sablion m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sandbanke m
Nynorsk: sandbanke m
Polish: ławica piaskowa f, mielizna (pl) f
Portuguese: banco de areia m
Russian: ба́нка (ru) f (bánka), о́тмель (ru) f (ótmelʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: oitir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: prud (sh), prudište
Spanish: banco de arena m
Swedish: sandbank (sv) c
Welsh: traethell f, banc tywod m