building

English edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
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Rhymes: -ɪldɪŋ
Hyphenation: build‧ing

Etymology 1 edit

white buildings in Leipzig

From Middle English byldynge, buyldyng, byldyng, buldynge, buldyng, boldyng, equivalent to build +‎ -ing. Compare also related Middle English bold (“edifice, castle, mansion”), from Old English bold (“building, dwelling, house”).

Noun edit

building (countable and uncountable, plural buildings)

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
Synonym: construction

The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.
Synonyms: edifice; see also Thesaurus:building

My sister lives in that apartment building.
- 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
  One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks.
(mathematics) Synonym of Tits building

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

act or process of building

Arabic: بِنَاء (ar) f (bināʔ)
Armenian: շինարարություն (hy) (šinararutʻyun), կառուցում (hy) (kaṙucʻum)
Azerbaijani: inşaat (az), tikmə
Basque: eraikina
Belarusian: будава́нне n (budavánnje) будаўні́цтва n (budaŭníctva)
Bulgarian: строи́телство (bg) n (stroítelstvo), граде́ж (bg) m (gradéž), изгра́ждане (bg) n (izgráždane)
Catalan: construcció (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 建設／建设 (zh) (jiànshè)
Czech: stavba (cs) f, budování n, výstavba (cs) f
Danish: byggeri (da) n, opførelse c (af en bygning)
Dutch: bouwen (nl) n, bouw (nl) m
Esperanto: konstruado
Estonian: ehitamine, ehitus
Finnish: rakentaminen (fi), rakennus (fi), rakennustaito
French: construction (fr) f
Galician: construción (gl) f
Georgian: შენება (šeneba), მშენებლობა (mšenebloba), აგება (ageba)
German: Bau (de) m, Bauen (de) n
Greek: δόμηση (el) f (dómisi)
Ancient: οἰκοδόμησις f (oikodómēsis)
Hebrew: בנייה (he) f (b'niyá)
Hindi: निर्माण (hi) (nirmāṇ)
Hungarian: építés (hu), építkezés (hu), felépítés (hu)
Icelandic: bygging (is) f
Indonesian: pembangunan (id), konstruksi (id)
Italian: costruzione (it) f, edificazione (it) f, formazione (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(建設) (ko) (geonseol)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بیناکردن (bînakirdin)

Northern Kurdish: avakirin (ku) f, bînasazî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: имарат (ky) (imarat), үй (ky) (üy), курулуш (ky) (kuruluş), салуу (ky) (saluu), куруу (ky) (kuruu), жасоо (ky) (jasoo), тургузуу (ky) (turguzuu), көтөрүү (ky) (kötörüü), чогултуу (ky) (cogultuu), кураштыруу (ky) (kuraştıruu), конструкция (ky) (konstruktsiya), конструкциялоо (ky) (konstruktsiyaloo)
Latgalian: stateit, budavuot
Latin: cōnstrūctiō (la) f
Latvian: celšana, būvēšana
Lithuanian: statyba (lt) f
Macedonian: изградба f (izgradba), градење n (gradenje)
Malay: pembangunan, pembinaan
Middle English: byldynge
Norwegian: bygge (no), konstruere
Old English: timbring f, bytling f
Pashto: جوړول (ps) m pl (ǰorrawəl)
Polish: budowanie (pl) n, budowa (pl) f
Portuguese: construção (pt) f, edificação (pt) f
Romanian: construcție (ro) f, construire (ro) f, edificare (ro) f
Russian: строи́тельство (ru) n (stroítelʹstvo), стро́йка (ru) f (strójka)
Scots: biggin
Scottish Gaelic: togail f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра́дња f, изгра́дња f

Roman: grádnja (sh) f, izgrádnja f
Slovene: gradnja f
Spanish: edificación (es) f, construcción (es) f
Swahili: jenga
Swedish: byggande (sv) n, bygge (sv) n, byggnation (sv) c, byggnadsverksamhet c
Tagalog: gusali (tl)
Telugu: కట్టుబడి (te) (kaṭṭubaḍi)
Thai: การสร้าง (th)
Turkish: inşa (tr), inşaat (tr)
Ukrainian: будівни́цтво (uk) n (budivnýctvo)
Urdu: تعمیر f (ta'mīr)
Volapük: bum (vo), bumam
Welsh: adeiladu (cy)

closed structure with walls and a roof

Afrikaans: gebou (af)
Albanian: ndërtesë (sq) f
Apache:
Western Apache: kįh
Arabic: مَبْنَى (ar) m (mabnā), بِنَاء (ar) f (bināʔ), دَار (ar) f (dār), بِنَايَة (ar) f (bināya), عِمَارَة (ar) f (ʕimāra)
Egyptian Arabic: عمارة f (ʕimāra), مبنى m (mabna)
Armenian: շենք (hy) (šenkʻ)
Asturian: edificiu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: yapı, bina (az), tikinti (az)
Baluchi: ماڑی (máří)
Basque: eraikin
Belarusian: буды́нак m (budýnak), дом (be) m (dom)
Bengali: ভবন (bn) (bhobon)
Breton: savadur (br) m
Bulgarian: зда́ние (bg) n (zdánie), постро́йка (bg) f (postrójka), сгра́да (bg) f (sgráda), къ́ща (bg) f (kǎ́šta), дом (bg) m (dom)
Burmese: တိုက်အိမ် (my) (tuik-im), တိုက် (my) (tuik), ရုံ (my) (rum), အဆောက်အအုံ (my) (a.hcauk-a.um)
Catalan: edifici (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᎸᎢ (adanelvi)
Chickasaw: abooha, aboowa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 建築物／建筑物 (gin³ zuk¹ mat⁶)

Mandarin: 建築／建筑 (zh) (jiànzhù), 建築物／建筑物 (zh) (jiànzhùwù)
Choctaw: chuka
Crimean Tatar: bina
Czech: budova (cs) f, stavba (cs) f, dům (cs) m
Danish: bygning (da) c
Dutch: gebouw (nl) n
Esperanto: konstruaĵo
Estonian: hoone
Faroese: bygningur m
Finnish: rakennus (fi)
French: immeuble (fr) m, édifice (fr) m, bâtiment (fr) m
Galician: edificio (gl) m, construción (gl) m
Georgian: შენობა (šenoba), ნაგებობა (nageboba)
German: Gebäude (de) n, Bau (de) m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐍉 f (gatimrjō)
Greek: κτίριο (el) n (ktírio), κτίσμα (el) n (ktísma), οικοδομή (el) f (oikodomí), κτήριο (el) n (ktírio)
Ancient: οἴκημα n (oíkēma), οἰκοδομία f (oikodomía)
Greenlandic: illuliaq, illu
Gujarati: મકાન (gu) m (makān)
Haitian Creole: bilding, batiman
Hawaiian: hale
Hebrew: בניין \ בִּנְיָן (he) m (binyan)
Hindi: भवन (hi) m (bhavan), इमारत (hi) f (imārat), निर्माण (hi) m (nirmāṇ)
Hungarian: épület (hu)
Icelandic: bygging (is) f, hús (is) n
Ido: edifico (io)
Indonesian: bangunan (id), gedung (id)
Irish: foirgneamh (ga) m
Italian: edificio (it) m, palazzo (it) m
Japanese: 建物 (ja) (たてもの, tatemono), 建築物 (ja) (けんちくぶつ, kenchiku butsu), 建屋 (たてや, tateya), ビル (ja) (biru) (high‐rise)
Kazakh: ғимарат (kk) (ğimarat), үй (kk) (üi)
Khmer: អាគារ (km) (ʼaakiə)
Korean: 건물(建物) (ko) (geonmul), 빌딩 (ko) (bilding)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بینا (bîna)

Northern Kurdish: avahî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: имарат (ky) (imarat), үй (ky) (üy)
Lao: ການກໍ່ສ້າງ (kān kǭ sāng), ຕຶກ (tưk)
Latgalian: kuorms, statne, budaveiba
Latin: aedificium (la) n
Latvian: celtne, ēka (lv), būve
Lithuanian: pastatas (lt) m, statinys m
Luxembourgish: Gebai (lb) n
Macedonian: зграда f (zgrada), здание n (zdanie), куќа f (kuḱa), дом m (dom)
Malay: bangunan (ms)
Maltese: binja f
Maori: whare (mi)
Middle English: byldynge
Mongolian: барьсан зүйл (barʹsan züjl), барилга (mn) (barilga)
Nepali: भवन (bhavan)
Norman: înmeubl'ye m
Norwegian: bygning (no)
Old English: timbring f, botl n
Oromo: gamoo
Ossetian: кӕнд (kænd)
Pashto: ماڼۍ (ps) f (mānnəi)
Persian: ساختمان (fa) (sâxtemân), بنا (fa) (banâ), عمارت (fa) ('emârat), ساختمون (sâxtemun) (colloquial)
Plautdietsch: Bu m
Polish: budynek (pl) m, budowla (pl) f, dom (pl) m, gmach (pl) m
Portuguese: edifício (pt) m, prédio (pt) m
Punjabi: ਇਮਾਰਤ (pa) f (imārat)
Romanian: edificiu (ro) m, clădire (ro) f, construcție (ro) f
Romansch: edifizi m, stabiliment m
Russian: зда́ние (ru) n (zdánije), строе́ние (ru) n (strojénije), постро́йка (ru) f (postrójka), дом (ru) m (dom)
Sanskrit: भवन (sa) (bhavana), निर्माण (sa) (nirmāṇa)
Scots: biggin
Scottish Gaelic: togalach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: згра̏да f, зда́ње n, ку̏ћа f, до̏м (sh) m

Roman: zgrȁda (sh) f, zdánje (sh) n, kȕća (sh) f, dȍm (sh) m
Slovak: budova (sk) f, stavba f, dom (sk) m
Slovene: zgradba (sl) f, stavba (sl) f, hiša (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: twarjenje n
Spanish: edificio (es) m
Swahili: jengo (sw)
Swedish: byggnad (sv) c, bygge (sv) n, hus (sv) n
Tagalog: (literally) gusali (tl), edipisyo
Tajik: бино (tg) (bino), иморат (imorat)
Tamil: கட்டிடம் (ta) (kaṭṭiṭam)
Telugu: భవంతి (te) (bhavanti), కట్టడము (te) (kaṭṭaḍamu)
Thai: ตึก (th) (dtʉ̀k), อาคาร (th) (aa-kaan), โรง (th) (roong), หอ (th) (hɔ̌ɔ)
Tibetan: ཁང་པ (khang pa)
Tok Pisin: haus
Turkish: bina (tr), yapı (tr)
Turkmen: bina (tk), ymarat
Ukrainian: буди́нок (uk) m (budýnok), спору́да (uk) f (sporúda), дім m (dim), будівля (uk) f (budivlja)
Urdu: عمارت f ('imārat), بھون (bhavan)
Uyghur: بىنا (bina)
Uzbek: bino (uz), qirilish
Vietnamese: toà nhà (vi)
Volapük: bumot (vo), (diminutive) bumotil, (collective) bumotem, (diminutive, collective) bumotilem
Welsh: adeilad (cy) f, adail m
Yiddish: בנין m (binyen), געבײַדע f (gebayde)

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Breton: (1, 3) ^{(please verify)} savadur (br) m
Ido: ^{(please verify)} konstrukturo (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bangunan (id) , ^{(please verify)} gedung (id)
Interlingua: (1, 2, 3) ^{(please verify)} edification, (1, 2, 3) ^{(please verify)} construction, (3) ^{(please verify)} edificio
Lithuanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} statymas m, (1, 2, field of business) ^{(please verify)} statyba (lt) f, (3) ^{(please verify)} statinys m, (3) ^{(please verify)} pastatas (lt) m
Persian: ^{(please verify)} ساختن (fa) (sâxtan) (1), ^{(please verify)} ساختمان (fa) (sâxtemân) (2)
Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} ཁང (khang)