edifice

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(ĕd'ə-fĭs) pronunciation
n.
  1. A building, especially one of imposing appearance or size.
  2. An elaborate conceptual structure: observations that provided the foundation for the edifice of evolutionary theory.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aedificium, from aedificāre, to build : aedis, a building + -ficāre, -fy.]


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noun

    A usually permanent construction, such as a house or store: building, pile, structure. See make/unmake.

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IN BRIEF: n- Large or massive structures.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - konstruktion, bygningsværk

Nederlands (Dutch)
bouwwerk (ook abstract)

Français (French)
n. - bâtiment, édifice

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gebäude, Gefüge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οικοδόμημα, κτίριο

Italiano (Italian)
costruzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - edifício (m), construção (f)

Русский (Russian)
здание, структура, система

Español (Spanish)
n. - edificio, construcción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - byggnad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
大厦, 大建筑物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大廈, 大建築物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 건물, 구성물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 建物, 大建築物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صرح, مبنى ضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בניין, ארמון, מבנה ארגוני או תפיסתי מסובך‬


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