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Building Definition

building

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Etymology 1

Middle English

Noun

building (plural buildings)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of building.
    The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
  2. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
    My sister lives in that apartment building.
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act or process of building
  • Arabic: بناء (ar) (bināʾ) f.
  • Armenian: շինարարություն (hy) (šinararut'yun)
  • Azeri: inşaat (az), tikmə (az)
  • Basque: eraikina (eu)
  • Belarusian: будаўніцтва (be) (budaŭníctva) n.
  • Bulgarian: строителство (bg) (stroítelstvo) n.
  • Catalan: construcció, f.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: trad. 建設, simpl. 建设 (pinyin: jiàn shè), 建設 (zh), 建设 (zh) (jiànshè)
  • Croatian: grádnja (hr) f., izgrádnja (hr) f.
  • Czech: stavba f., budování n., výstavba f.
  • Danish: byggeri (da), opførelse (da) (af en bygning)
  • Dutch: bouwen (nl) n., bouw (nl) m.
  • Esperanto: konstruado
  • Estonian: ehitama (et)
  • Finnish: rakentaminen, rakennus, rakennustaito
  • French: construction (fr) f.
  • Georgian: შენება (ka) (s'eneba)
  • German: Bau (de) m., Bauen (de) n.
  • Greek: δόμηση (el) f., οικοδόμηση (el) f.
  • Hebrew: בנייה (he) (bni'a) f.
  • Hindi: निर्माण (hi) (nirmāṇ)
  • Hungarian: építés (hu), építkezés (hu), felépítés (hu)
  • Indonesian: pembangunan (id), konstruksi (id)
  • Italian: costruzione (it) f., edificazione (it) f.
  • Japanese: 建築 (ja) (けんちく, kenchiku), 建造 (ja) (けんぞう, kenzō), 建設 (ja) (けんせつ, kensetsu)
  • Korean: 건설 (ko) (geonseol) (建設 (ko))
  • Kurdish: بیناکردن
  • Latvian: celšana (lv), būvēšana (lv)
  • Lithuanian: statyba (lt) f.
  • Macedonian: изградба (mk) (ízgradba) f.
  • Norwegian: bygge (no), konstruere (no)
  • Old English: (ġe)bytlung, (ġe)timbrung, timber
  • Pashto: جوړول (ps) (ǰorrawəl) m. pl.
  • Polish: budowanie (pl) n., budowa (pl) f.
  • Portuguese: construção (pt) f., edificação (pt) f.
  • Romanian: clădire (ro) f., construire (ro) f., edificare (ro) f.
  • Russian: строительство (ru) (stroítel’stvo) n., стройка (ru) (strójka) f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: togail (gd) f.
  • Slovene: gradnja (sl) f.
  • Spanish: edificación (es) f., construcción (es) f.
  • Swahili: jenga (sw)
  • Swedish: byggande (sv) n., bygge (sv) n., byggnation (sv) c., byggnadsverksamhet (sv) c.
  • Tagalog: gusali
  • Telugu: కట్టుబడి (te)
  • Turkish: inşa (tr), inşaat (tr)
  • Ukrainian: будівництво (uk) (budivnýctvo) n.
  • Urdu: تعمیر (ur) (ta'mīr) f.
  • Volapük: bum (vo), bumam (vo)
  • Welsh: adeiladu (cy)
closed structure with walls and a roof
  • Kurdish: بینا (ku)
  • Latgalian: kuorms, statne
  • Latin: aedificium (la) n.
  • Latvian: celtne (lv), ēka (lv)
  • Lithuanian: pastatas (lt) m., statinys (lt) m.
  • Lojban: dinju (jbo)
  • Luxembourgish: Gebai (lb) n.
  • Macedonian: зграда (mk) (zgráda) f., здание (mk) (zdánie) n.
  • Norwegian: bygning (no)
  • Old English: (ġe)bytlung, (ġe)timbrung, , reċed, timber, ærn
  • Pashto: ماڼۍ (ps) (mānnəi) f.
  • Persian: ساختمان (fa), بنا (fa), عمارت (fa)
  • Polish: budynek (pl) m.
  • Portuguese: edifício (pt) m., prédio (pt) m., prédio (pt) m.
  • Romanian: clădire (ro) f.
  • Russian: здание (ru) (zdánije) n., строение (ru) (strojénije) n., постройка (ru) (postrójka) f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: togalach (gd) m.
  • Slovene: zgradba (sl) f., stavba (sl) f.
  • Spanish: edificio (es) m.
  • Swahili: jengo (sw)
  • Swedish: bygge (sv) n., byggnad (sv) c., hus (sv) n.
  • Tagalog: (literally) gusali (tl) n.
  • Telugu: భవంతి, కట్టడము
  • Turkish: bina (tr)
  • Ukrainian: будинок (uk) (budýnok) m., споруда (uk) (sporuda) f.
  • Urdu: عمارت (ur) ('imārat) f.
  • Vietnamese: toà nhà (vi)
  • Volapük: bumot (vo), (diminutive) bumotil (vo), (collective) bumotem (vo), (diminitive, collective) bumotilem (vo)
  • Welsh: adeilad (cy) f.
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See also

Etymology 2

See build

Verb

building

  1. Present participle of build.

 

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