outbuilding

English

Etymology

out +‎ building

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌbɪl.dɪŋ/

Noun

outbuilding (plural outbuildings)

1. A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building
   • 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Once they reach the remote farm, Jake insists on giving Lucy a tour of the outbuildings before they go into the house, a tour that includes some lambs that have frozen to death in a barn, and the spot where a pig was eaten alive by maggots.

Related terms

• outhouse

Translations

separate building associated with a main building

• Bulgarian: пристройка (bg) f (pristrojka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外屋 (zh) (wàiwū), 庫房／库房 (zh) (kùfáng)

• Dutch: bijgebouw (nl) n
• Finnish: ulkorakennus (fi)
• French: dépendance (fr), cabanon (fr) m
• Galician: alpendre (gl) m, cabanón m, alboio (gl) m, pendello (gl) m
• German: Nebengebäude (de) n
• Ido: hangaro (io)
• Italian: chiosco (it) m, padiglione (it) m
• Japanese: 離れ家 (はなれや, hanareya)
• Macedonian: до́градба f (dógradba)
• Norwegian: uthus n
• Ottoman Turkish: طام‎ (dam)
• Polish: przybudówka f
• Portuguese: dependência (pt) f
• Russian: фли́гель (ru) m (flígelʹ), пристро́йка (ru) f (pristrójka)
• Scottish Gaelic: seada m or f
• Swedish: uthus (sv) n

Verb

outbuilding

1. present participle of outbuild