high-rise

high-rise

See also: highrise

English

Alternative forms

• highrise

Etymology

high +‎ rise

Noun

high-rise (plural high-rises)

1. A tall building, one of many stories.

Related terms

• low-rise

Translations

A tall building

Bulgarian: многоетажен (mnogoetažen) Czech: výškáč m Danish: højhus n Finnish: kerrostalo (fi), tornitalo (fi) French: tour d'habitation f German: Hochhaus (de) n Hungarian: toronyház (hu)

Japanese: 高層ビル (kōsō-biru) Norwegian: Bokmål: høyhus n, høghus n Nynorsk: høghus n Polish: wysokościowiec m inan, wieżowiec (pl) m inan Russian: высо́тное зда́ние (vysótnoje zdánije), многоэта́жное зда́ние (mnogoetážnoje zdánije), высо́тка (ru) (vysótka), муравейник (ru) m (muravejnik) (colloquial) Swedish: höghus (sv) n

Adjective

high-rise (not comparable)

1. Of clothing: designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips.

   high-rise jeans

See also

• high-riser