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Etymology

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Borrowed from English building, the oldest cite also suggests it's borrowed from Japanese ビルディング (birudingu).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bilˈdinɡo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -inɡo
  • Hyphenation: bil‧din‧go

Noun

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bildingo (accusative singular bildingon, plural bildingoj, accusative plural bildingojn)

  1. (chiefly poetic) a modern, multi-story building

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bildingo.