edifice

See also: édifice

English

Alternative forms

ædifice (archaic)

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).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/
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Noun

edifice (plural edifices)

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one
An abstract structure; a school of thought.
- 1904, Edward S. Holden, “Copernicus”, in Popular science monthly, volume 65, page 117:
  The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?

Derived terms

edifice complex

Related terms

terms related to edifice (noun)

edificant
edification
edificator
edificatory
edificial
edifier
edify
edifyingly
edifyingness

Translations

building

Arabic: بِنَاء‎ (ar) m (bināʔ), مَبْنَى‎ (ar) m (mabnā), بِنَايَة‎ (ar) m (bināya)
Breton: savadur (br) m
Bulgarian: зда́ние (bg) n (zdánie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大廈／大厦 (zh) (dàshà), 建築物／建筑物 (zh) (jiànzhùwù)
Dutch: bouwwerk (nl) n, gebouw (nl) n
Finnish: rakennelma (fi)
French: édifice (fr) m
Galician: edificio (gl) m
German: Bauwerk (de) n, Gebäude (de) n
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐍉 f (gatimrjō)
Greek: κτήριο (el) n (ktírio)
Hebrew: בניין‎ (he) m (binyán)
Hungarian: építmény (hu)
Icelandic: bygging (is) f, hús (is) n
Japanese: 建築物 (ja) (kenchikubutsu)
Latin: aedificium (la) n
Norwegian: byggverk n
Plautdietsch: Bu m
Polish: gmach (pl) m
Portuguese: edifício (pt) m, prédio (pt) m
Romanian: edificiu (ro) n
Russian: зда́ние (ru) n (zdánije)
Spanish: edificio (es) m
Swahili: jengo (sw)
Swedish: byggnadsverk (sv), bygge (sv) n, konstruktion (sv) c
Tagalog: edipisyo, gusali (tl)
Tamil: கட்டடம் (ta) (kaṭṭaṭam)
Telugu: కట్టడము (te) (kaṭṭaḍamu)

school of thought

Arabic: مَدْرَسَة‎ (ar) f (madrasa)
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 學派／学派 (zh) (xuépài), 學說／学说 (zh) (xuéshuō), 制度 (zh) (zhìdù)
Dutch: constructie (nl), denkkader (nl)
Finnish: ajatusrakennelma
French: édifice (fr) m, école de pensée (fr) f
German: Lehrgebäude n, Gedankengebäude n
Hungarian: iskola (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: escola (pt) f
Romanian: edificiu (ro) n, școală de gândire f
Russian: доктри́на (ru) f (doktrína)
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: tankedoktrin c
Telugu: please add this translation if you can

References

edifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
edifice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913