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edifice en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).

Meanings

1. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
2. An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.
   • With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 165:
   • The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed? 1904, Edward S. Holden, “Copernicus”, in Popular science monthly, volume 65, page 117:

Forms

Deriveds

edifice complex

Relateds

edificant (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edifyingly (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edification (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edificial (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edificator (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edificatory (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edifyingness (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edify (terms related to edifice (noun)) · edifier (terms related to edifice (noun))

Translations (71)

pt escola (school of thought) · de Gedankengebäude (school of thought) · tl edipisyo (building) · id kerangka pemikiran (school of thought) · pt prédio (building) · nl bouwwerk (building) · ar مَدْرَسَة (school of thought) · te కట్టడము (building) · hu építmény (building) · id tatanan pemikiran (school of thought) · he בניין (building) · is hús (building) · fi ajatusrakennelma (school of thought) · ta கட்டடம் (building) · de Bauwerk (building) · pdt Bu (building) · ru доктри́на (school of thought) · ro edificiu (building) · de Lehrgebäude (school of thought) · fr édifice (building) · sv bygge (building) · sv byggnadsverk (building) · sv konstruktion (building) · id bangunan megah (building) · cmn 學派 /学派 (school of thought) · br savadur (building) · hi इमारत (building) · uk буді́вля (building) · nl denkkader (school of thought) · de Gebäude (building) · is bygging (building) · sw jengo (building) · it edificio (building) · fi rakennelma (building) · gl edificio (building) · id gedung megah (building) · ro școală de gândire (school of thought) · pt edifício (building) · ota عمارت (building) · nl constructie (school of thought) · fr édifice (school of thought) · el κτήριο (building) · cmn 建築物 /建筑物 (building) · pl gmach (building) · nl gebouw (building) · fr école de pensée (school of thought) · tl gusali (building) · ru зда́ние (building) · sv tankedoktrin (school of thought) · cs budova (building) · sh грађевина (building) · ro edificiu (school of thought) · bg зда́ние (building) · hu iskola (school of thought) · ar بِنَاء (building) · ar بِنَايَة (building) · cmn 學說 /学说 (school of thought) · ja 建築物 (building) · cmn 大廈 /大厦 (building) · cs stavba (building) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐍉 (building) · eo konstruaĵo (building) · es edificio (building) · th สิ่งปลูกสร้าง (building) · no byggverk (building) · cmn 制度 (school of thought) · ar مَبْنَى (building) · la aedificium (building) · hi भवन (building) · sh građevina (building) · ota یاپی (building)