English-French translations for sand

sable
Dubaï n'était que du sable il y a vingt ans! Dubai was full of sand 20 years ago! Une maison bâtie sur le sable ne repose en effet sur aucunes fondations. After all, a house built on sand has no solid foundations. Nous devons cesser d'enfouir nos têtes dans le sable. We have to stop burying our heads in the sand.
arène

cran
plage
Ils ramassaient des coquillages sur la plage lorsqu’ils ont été pris au piège par la marée montante. They were cockle picking on the sands, the tide came in and they were all drowned. Dans mon pays, nous travaillons à augmenter la taille et le nombre des plages de sable. In my country we are endeavouring to increase the size and quantity of sand beaches. Déverser du sable sur des plages existantes ou créer de nouvelles plages de sable sans réaliser les travaux d'infrastructure indispensables n'est qu'un gaspillage de ressources. Dumping sand on existing beaches or creating new sandy beaches without undertaking the necessary infrastructural works is just a waste of resources.
sabler
sablonner

Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt |grain sizes chart">w:Particle size |grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction
A beach or other expanse of sand
Personal courage
A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
A single grain of sand
A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass
Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand
To abrade the surface of with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it
To blot ink using sand
A sandpiper

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