building

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪldɪŋ
• Hyphenation: build‧ing

Etymology 1

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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

building (countable and uncountable, plural buildings)

1. (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.

2. (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.

   • 2024 May 6, @thepunbible, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 June 2024:

     Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings

3. (mathematics) Synonym of Tits building

Derived terms

• abuilding
• apartment building
• bldg.
• boatbuilding
• bodybuilding
• break-building
• bridgebuilding
• buildering
• building
• building and pest
• building block
• building code
• building envelope
• buildingful
• buildingless
• buildinglike
• building material
• building permit
• building site
• building society
• building trade
• buildingwide
• building worker
• carriagebuilding
• castlebuilding
• coachbuilding
• deckbuilding
• Elvis has left the building
• empire-building
• forebuilding
• go jump off a building
• green building
• has left the building
• homebuilding
• housebuilding
• institution-building
• interbuilding
• intrabuilding
• jerry-building
• legislative building
• link building
• main building
• megabuilding
• model building
• modelbuilding
• moundbuilding
• mountain building
• multibuilding
• nation-building
• nestbuilding
• newbuilding
• New Buildings
• nonbuilding
• office building
• omnibuilding
• organbuilding
• outbuilding
• peacebuilding
• pole building
• roadbuilding
• shipbuilding
• ship-building
• sick building
• stakebuilding
• sunken featured building
• team building
• teambuilding
• tight building syndrome
• toolbuilding
• wagonbuilding
• white-glove building
• wordbuilding
• worldbuilding

 

Translations

act or process of building

• Arabic: بِنَاء (ar) f (bināʔ)
• Armenian: շինարարություն (hy) (šinararutʻyun), կառուցում (hy) (kaṙucʻum)
• Asturian: edificación f
• Azerbaijani: inşaat (az), tikmə
• Basque: eraikina
• Belarusian: будава́нне n (budavánnje) будаўні́цтва n (budaŭníctva), пабудо́ва f (pabudóva)
• 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 / בְּנִיָּה (he) f (b'niyá)
• Hindi: निर्माण (hi) m (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:

  Bokmål: konstruksjon (no) m

• Old English: timbring f, bytling f
• Pannonian Rusyn: будованє n (budovanje), вибудов f (vibudov), будова f (budova)
• Pashto: جوړول (ps) m pl (jorrawəl)
• Phoenician: 𐤌𐤁𐤍𐤕 f (mbnt)
• Polish: budowanie (pl) n, budowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: construção (pt) f, edificação (pt) f
• Punic: 𐤁𐤍 m (bn)
• 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, cimentación f
• Swahili: jenga
• Swedish: byggande (sv) n, bygge (sv) n, byggnation (sv) c, byggnadsverksamhet c
• Tagalog: pagtayo, paggawa
• Telugu: కట్టుబడి (te) (kaṭṭubaḍi)
• Thai: การสร้าง (th)
• Turkish: inşa (tr), inşaat (tr)
• Ukrainian: будівни́цтво (uk) n (budivnýctvo)
• Urdu: تَعْمِیر 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, edificación f
• Azerbaijani: yapı, bina (az), tikinti (az)
• Baluchi: ماڑی (máří)
• Basque: eraikin
• Belarusian: буды́нак m (budýnak), дом (be) m (dom), будо́ва f (budóva), пабудо́ва f (pabudóva)
• Bengali: ভবন (bn) (bhobon), দালান (bn) (dalan)
• 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)
• Carpathian Rusyn: будо́ва f (budóva)
• Catalan: edifici (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᎸᎢ (adanelvi)
• Chickasaw: abooha, aboowa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 建築物／建筑物 (gin³ zuk¹ mat⁶)

  Hokkien: 大廈／大厦 (tāi-hā / tāi-hēe / tōa-hēe)

  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)
• Ingrian: hoone
• 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 (ja) (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, bîna (ku)

• 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 (mk) m (dom)
• Malay: bangunan (ms)
• Maltese: binja f
• Maori: whare (mi)
• Middle English: byldynge
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: барьсан зүйл (barʹsan züjl), барилга (mn) (barilga)

• Nepali: भवन (bhavan)
• Norman: înmeubl'ye m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bygning (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: bygning m or f

• Occitan: edifici (oc) m
• Old English: timbring f, botl n
• Oromo: gamoo
• Ossetian: кӕнд (kænd)
• Ottoman Turkish: عمارت (ʼimaret)
• Pannonian Rusyn: будинок m inan (budinok), будовня f (budovnja), будова f (budova), зданиє n (zdanije)
• Pashto: ماڼۍ (ps) f (mānnəi), ودانۍ (ps) f (wadānǝy), بنا (ps) f (benā), عمارت (ps) m ('emārat)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ساخْتِمان (fa) (sâxtemân), ساخْتِمون (sâxtemun) (colloquial, Tehrani), بَنا (banâ), عِمارَت (fa) (emârat)

• Phoenician: 𐤌𐤒𐤌 (mqm)
• Plautdietsch: Bu m
• Polish: budynek (pl) m, budowla (pl) f, dom (pl) m, gmach (pl) m
• Portuguese: edifício (pt) m, prédio (pt) m
• Punic: 𐤌𐤒𐤌 m (mqm)
• Punjabi: ਇਮਾਰਤ (pa) f (imārat)
• Romanian: edificiu (ro) n, 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, inmueble (es) m, edificación (es) f
• Swahili: jengo (sw)
• Swedish: byggnad (sv) c, bygge (sv) n, hus (sv) n
• Tagalog: 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), будо́ва (uk) f (budóva)
• Urdu: عِمارَت f ('imārat), بھَوَن m (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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Translations to be checked

• 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)

Further reading

• building on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English beeldynge, equivalent to build +‎ -ing.

Verb

building

1. present participle and gerund of build

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English building.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /bil.diŋ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /bɪl.dɪŋ/

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Noun

building m (plural buildings)

1. tower, skyscraper (tall building)

   Synonyms: gratte-ciel, tour

Further reading

• “building”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.