Phrase guide

beach volleyball

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An outdoor variant of volleyball played on sand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The ball used to play this sport.

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Usage: countable

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Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُرَة طَائِرَة شَاطِئِيَّة (kurat ṭāʔira šāṭiʔiyya) — sport
  • Azerbaijani: çimərlik voleybolu — sport
  • Belarusian: пля́жны валейбо́л (pljážny valjejból) — sport
  • Catalan: vòlei platja — sport
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沙灘排球 /沙滩排球 (saa1 taan1 paai4 kau4) — sport
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沙排 (saa1 paai4) — sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙灘排球 /沙滩排球 (shātān páiqiú) — sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙排 (shāpái) — sport
  • Czech: plážový volejbal — sport
  • Dutch: beachvolleybal — sport
  • Dutch: strandvolleybal — sport
  • Esperanto: plaĝa flugpilko — sport
  • Esperanto: plaĝa flugpilkado — sport
  • Estonian: rannavõrkpall — sport
  • Finnish: rantalentopallo — sport
  • French: beach-volley — sport
  • French: volleyball de plage — sport
  • Galician: volei-praia — sport
  • Galician: volei praia — sport
  • Galician: voleibol de praia — sport
  • German: Beachvolleyball — sport
  • Greek: μπιτς βόλεϊ (bits vóleï) — sport
  • Hungarian: strandröplabda — sport
  • Italian: beach volley — sport
  • Italian: beach volleyball — sport
  • Italian: pallavolo da spiaggia — sport
  • Italian: pallavolo da sabbia — sport
  • Italian: spiaggiavolo — sport
  • Italian: sabbiavolo — sport
  • Japanese: ビーチバレー (bīchibarē) — sport
  • Korean: 비치발리볼 (bichiballibol) — sport
  • Latvian: pludmales volejbols — sport
  • Malay: bola tampar pantai — sport
  • Mongolian: элсний гар бөмбөг (elsnii gar bömbög) — sport
  • Norwegian: strandvolleyball — sport
  • Persian: والیبال ساحلی (vâlibâl-e sâheli) — sport
  • Polish: siatkówka plażowa — sport
  • Portuguese: voleibol de praia — sport
  • Romanian: volei de plajă — sport
  • Russian: пляжный волейбо́л (pljažnyj volejból) — sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: одбојка на пијеску — sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: odbojka na pijesku — sport
  • Spanish: vóley-playa — sport
  • Spanish: vóley playa — sport
  • Spanish: voleibol de playa — sport
  • Spanish: voleiplaya — sport
  • Spanish: vóleibol / vóley / balonvolea playero — sport
  • Swedish: beachvolleyboll — sport
  • Turkish: plaj voleybolu — sport
  • Ukrainian: пля́жний волейбо́л (pljážnyj volejból) — sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙灘排球 /沙滩排球 (shātān páiqiú) — ball
  • Finnish: rantalentopallo — ball
  • Russian: волейбольный мяч (volejbolʹnyj mjač) — ball
  • Spanish: pelota de vóley-playa — ball
  • Spanish: balón de vóley-playa — ball