building site

building site

English

Noun

building site (plural building sites)

1. (construction) The site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed.
2. (archaeology) The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records).
3. (figuratively) A messy, disorganized area.

Synonyms

• (construction): (US) construction site

Translations

place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected

Chinese: Mandarin: 施工重地 (shīgōng zhòngdì), 建築工地, 建筑工地 (jiànzhù gōngdì), 工地 (zh) (gōngdì) Danish: byggeplads (da) Finnish: rakennuspaikka; rakennustyömaa (fi) (construction site) French: chantier (fr) Greek: εργοτάξιο (el) n (ergotáxio) Hungarian: építési terület Italian: cantiere (it) Luxembourgish: Schantjen m, Chantier m

Norwegian: Bokmål: byggeplass m Nynorsk: byggeplass m, byggjeplass m Portuguese: canteiro de obras Romanian: șantier (ro) n Russian: строи́тельная площа́дка f (stroítelʹnaja ploščádka), стройплоща́дка (ru) f (strojploščádka) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: anlägg (sv) n, bygge (sv) n, byggarbetsplats (sv) c, nybygge (sv) n Turkish: şantiye (tr)

archeology: site of a former structure

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rakennuspaikka

Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: lokal (sv) c, boplats (sv) c, husgrund c

messy, disorganized area

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rakennustyömaa (fi)

Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: röra (sv)