Building in Different Languages
Discover 'Building' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Building
Afrikaans gebou | ||
Albanian ndërtesa | ||
Amharic ህንፃ | ||
Arabic بناء | ||
Armenian շինություն | ||
Assamese ভৱন | ||
Aymara jach'a uta | ||
Azerbaijani bina | ||
Bambara so | ||
Basque eraikin | ||
Belarusian будынак | ||
Bengali বিল্ডিং | ||
Bhojpuri इमारत | ||
Bosnian zgrada | ||
Bulgarian сграда | ||
Catalan edifici | ||
Cebuano pagtukod | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 建造 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 建造 | ||
Corsican bastimentu | ||
Croatian zgrada | ||
Czech budova | ||
Danish bygning | ||
Dhivehi ބިނާ | ||
Dogri बिल्डिंग | ||
Dutch gebouw | ||
English building | ||
Esperanto konstruaĵo | ||
Estonian hoone | ||
Ewe xɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gusali | ||
Finnish rakennus | ||
French bâtiment | ||
Frisian gebou | ||
Galician edificio | ||
Georgian შენობა | ||
German gebäude | ||
Greek κτίριο | ||
Guarani óga yvate | ||
Gujarati મકાન | ||
Haitian Creole bilding | ||
Hausa gini | ||
Hawaiian hale | ||
Hebrew בִּניָן | ||
Hindi इमारत | ||
Hmong tsev | ||
Hungarian épület | ||
Icelandic bygging | ||
Igbo ụlọ | ||
Ilocano kamarin | ||
Indonesian bangunan | ||
Irish foirgneamh | ||
Italian edificio | ||
Japanese 建物 | ||
Javanese bangunan | ||
Kannada ಕಟ್ಟಡ | ||
Kazakh ғимарат | ||
Khmer អគារ | ||
Kinyarwanda inyubako | ||
Konkani इमारत | ||
Korean 건물 | ||
Krio de bil | ||
Kurdish avahî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) باڵەخانە | ||
Kyrgyz имарат | ||
Lao ອາຄານ | ||
Latin aedificium | ||
Latvian ēka | ||
Lingala ndako | ||
Lithuanian pastatas | ||
Luganda ekizimbe | ||
Luxembourgish gebai | ||
Macedonian зграда | ||
Maithili भवन | ||
Malagasy trano | ||
Malay bangunan | ||
Malayalam കെട്ടിടം | ||
Maltese bini | ||
Maori whare | ||
Marathi इमारत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯗꯂꯥꯟ | ||
Mizo in | ||
Mongolian барилга | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အဆောက်အ ဦး | ||
Nepali भवन | ||
Norwegian bygning | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nyumba | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିର୍ମାଣ | ||
Oromo gamoo | ||
Pashto ودانۍ | ||
Persian ساختمان | ||
Polish budynek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) construção | ||
Punjabi ਇਮਾਰਤ | ||
Quechua hatun wasi | ||
Romanian clădire | ||
Russian здание | ||
Samoan fale | ||
Sanskrit भवनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic togalach | ||
Sepedi moago | ||
Serbian зграда | ||
Sesotho moaho | ||
Shona chivakwa | ||
Sindhi عمارت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගොඩනැගිල්ල | ||
Slovak budova | ||
Slovenian stavbe | ||
Somali dhismaha | ||
Spanish edificio | ||
Sundanese gedong | ||
Swahili jengo | ||
Swedish byggnad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gusali | ||
Tajik бино | ||
Tamil கட்டிடம் | ||
Tatar бина | ||
Telugu కట్టడం | ||
Thai อาคาร | ||
Tigrinya ምህናፅ | ||
Tsonga muako | ||
Turkish bina | ||
Turkmen bina | ||
Twi (Akan) dan | ||
Ukrainian будівлі | ||
Urdu عمارت | ||
Uyghur بىنا | ||
Uzbek bino | ||
Vietnamese xây dựng | ||
Welsh adeilad | ||
Xhosa isakhiwo | ||
Yiddish בנין | ||
Yoruba ile | ||
Zulu isakhiwo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Gebou" derives from Middle Dutch "gebou" meaning "what has been built"} |
| Albanian | "Ndërtesa" has a historical meaning of "structure to be built" due to its etymology via Latin "industrial" and ultimately Latin "struere". |
| Amharic | ህንፃ shares roots with ሕንፃ, which refers to the body. |
| Arabic | The verb ب-ن-ى means both "to build" and "to make"; the noun can be used to refer to the building itself or the act of building. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "bina" also means "structure, organization, constitution" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Eraikin derives from Basque "era" (shape) + "ki" (place) + "-(a)in" (suffix); originally meant "form, appearance". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word for building, "будынак," is not to be confused with a "буда" (wooden booth or cabin) or a "будан" (shack or outhouse). |
| Bengali | In the 14th century, it also referred to the act of constructing houses, towns or forts |
| Bosnian | Zgrada originally meant 'city wall' in Serbian and Croatian, but also came to be used for any kind of urban construction, and then 'building'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "сграда" (building) derives from the Slavic root "grad" meaning "town" or "fortress". |
| Catalan | In Latin, "edifici" also means "to build". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'pagtukod' shares its root with the Malay word 'tegak' and the Indonesian word 'tegakkan', all meaning 'to stand'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In some contexts, 建造 can refer to the process of cultivation or creation, such as a career or a habit. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 建造 refers to construction or engineering with a focus on the creation of structures or facilities, it can sometimes also refer to creating or establishing something in a more general sense. |
| Corsican | Corsican "bastimentu" comes from the Latin "bastimentum" meaning "construction" and "ship". |
| Croatian | The word 'zgrada' can also refer to the municipal assembly in the context of the Croatian government. |
| Czech | The word "budova" is derived from the verb "budovat" meaning "to build". |
| Danish | The Danish word "bygning" is derived from the Old Norse word "bygging", which originally meant "dwelling" or "place of residence." |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "gebouw" can also refer to a religious or public institution. |
| Esperanto | The word “konstruaĵo” in Esperanto comes from the German word “Konstruktion” (“construction”), and is also used to mean “construction”. |
| Estonian | The word "hoone" may derive from the Proto-Uralic *koŋa, meaning "pit" or "excavation". |
| Finnish | It is a derivative of the verb 'rakentaa' ('to build'), ultimately from Proto-Uralic *raken- ('to build'). |
| French | The word "bâtiment" comes from the Latin word "bastimentum," meaning "ship". |
| Frisian | The word 'gebou' is derived from the Old Frisian word 'gebō', meaning 'dwelling' or 'house' |
| Galician | **Edificio** derives from the Latin "aedificium", with the same meaning, while in Galician it also denominates the set of all the properties of a person. |
| German | In German, the word "Gebäude" not only refers to a man-made structure with a roof and walls, but also figuratively to an organized entity or system, such as a political or social institution. |
| Greek | The word "Κτίριο" (building) comes from the same root as the word "κτίζω" (to build), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*kwei-," meaning "to weave". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "મકાન" is derived from the Persian word "makan", meaning "house" or "place". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "bilding" is derived from the French word "bâtiment" and can also refer to a construction, an edifice, or a structure. |
| Hausa | The word 'gini' can also refer to a room, a house, or a shelter. |
| Hawaiian | In the Hawaiian language, hale means both "building" and "house". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word בנין, which means "building", is also a root in Biblical Hebrew that means "to establish". |
| Hindi | The word "इमारत" can also refer to a fort, palace, or a large and impressive structure. |
| Hmong | The word "tsev" in Hmong also means "house" and "home", and is derived from the Proto-Hmong-Mien word "*tsəŋ". |
| Hungarian | In architecture, an épület is a large building with a distinct and often elaborate design. |
| Icelandic | Bygging can also refer to a dwelling, a farm, or a settlement, and is related to the word 'byggja', which means 'to inhabit or cultivate'. |
| Igbo | The word "ụlọ" in Igbo also means "home" or "shelter", reflecting the cultural significance of buildings as a place of refuge and belonging. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "bangunan" also means a "construction". |
| Irish | The Irish word 'foirgneamh' is derived from the Latin word 'forum', meaning 'marketplace' or 'public square'. |
| Italian | "Edificio" can also refer to a complex or group of buildings or structures, as in the case of a university or a hospital. |
| Japanese | The word also has archaic meanings 'thing' and 'weapon' and is thus written with the kanji kanji for 'weapon'/'tool'(武) and 'object' (具). |
| Javanese | The word "bangunan" can also refer to a musical instrument, a type of gong used in traditional Javanese music. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಕಟ್ಟಡ' (kattada) in Kannada also means 'construction', 'structure', 'edifice', or 'fabrication'. |
| Kazakh | The word ғимарат (building) is derived from the Persian wordعمارة (ʿimārat), which means "construction, building, or edifice." |
| Khmer | The word អគារ derives from Sanskrit 'āgāra', meaning 'dwelling' or 'house', and can refer to any type of structure. |
| Korean | The term '건물' in Korean derives from the Chinese characters '建物', meaning 'built structure', and also refers to a temporary or improvised shelter. |
| Kurdish | The word “avahî” also means “shelter” or “refuge” in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "имарат" can also refer to a sacred shrine or a religious building. |
| Lao | อาคาร shares a root with Sanskrit 'āgāra' meaning 'house' through Proto-Tai *-kâa. |
| Latin | The word "aedificium" derives from the Latin words "aedes" (temple) and "facere" (to make), and can also mean "house" or "dwelling." |
| Latvian | "Ēka" derives from the Germanic word "*huka"," meaning "den, hiding place". |
| Lithuanian | "Pastatas" derives from the word "pastoti", meaning "to stand, to endure, to remain". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "Gebai" can also refer to a room or a place, depending on the context. |
| Macedonian | The word "зграда" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *gordъ, meaning "city" or "town". |
| Malagasy | "Trano" can mean building or house, and is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word "tRuq". |
| Malay | The Malay word 'bangunan' can also refer to structures like towers or castles, or figuratively to the structure or organization of something intangible like a society. |
| Malayalam | The word 'കെട്ടിടം' (building) in Malayalam is derived from the root verb 'കെട്ടുക' (to bind) and means something that is constructed or assembled. |
| Maltese | The word 'bini' is of Semitic origin, and is related to the Arabic word 'bina', which also means 'building'. |
| Maori | The Māori word 'whare' also refers to the placenta and the uterus. |
| Marathi | "इमारत" (building) originates from the Persian word "عمارت" (imarat), meaning "edifice, structure, or house." |
| Mongolian | The word "барилга" comes from the verb "барих" ("to build") and can also refer to a place of employment or institution |
| Nepali | The Nepali word भवन "भवन" is cognate with the Hindi and Sanskrit word "भवन", meaning "dwelling place" or "house". |
| Norwegian | The word "bygning" also means "structure" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "nyumba" is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "*nyumba", meaning "place to stay." |
| Pashto | It can also mean 'body' or 'dwelling'. |
| Persian | The word "ساختمان" (building) in Persian can also refer to a system or mechanism. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "budynek" can also refer to other structures such as boats or even human bodies. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "construção" comes from the Latin word "constructio" meaning "a putting together". |
| Punjabi | "ਇਮਾਰਤ" is also the Punjabi word for the human body, emphasizing the idea of a complex structure with many parts and functions. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "clădire" derives from the Latin "claudere" meaning "to close" or "to enclose". |
| Russian | "Здание" can also mean "structure" or, metaphorically, "institution". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "fale" also refers to a traditional Samoan meeting house or community center. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots word 'togalach' is derived from the Old Norse 'tak' meaning roof, and a 'loch' or 'lacha' indicating the enclosure within a roof |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "zgrada" also means "structure" and "construction". |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word "moaho" can also refer to a structure or a framework. |
| Shona | The word "chivakwa" in Shona primarily refers to a building, but it can also mean a house, a room, or a shelter. |
| Sindhi | The word 'عمارت' (building) in Sindhi comes from the Arabic word 'عمارة', which also means 'population', 'city' and 'civilization'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ගොඩනැගිල්ල" also means "the act of building," "the state of being built," and "a group of buildings." |
| Slovak | The word "budova" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *bъdъ, meaning "to be, to exist". |
| Slovenian | The word "stavbe" in Slovenian comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "stebh-," meaning "to stand upright."} |
| Somali | Dhismaha is derived from the root word 'dhis', meaning 'to build' or 'to construct'. |
| Spanish | "Edificio" derives from the Latin "aedificium" meaning "house" and "temple" and shares the same root as "aedes" meaning "sacred place" or "temple". |
| Sundanese | Gedong is also used to refer to the main house in a Sundanese household. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "jengo" also means "construction" or "project", and is derived from the Arabic word "binyan" meaning "building". |
| Swedish | "Byggnad" is distantly related to the English "big" and German "bauen" (to build), with all ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European "*bʰew(ə)-", meaning "to grow". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "gusali" in Tagalog, meaning "building," is derived from the Spanish word "gusal" which also means "building" |
| Tajik | The word "бино" ("building") in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "بنا" ("construction"). |
| Tamil | கட்டிடம் (kaṭṭiṭam) also means 'composition' or 'construction' in Sanskrit, relating to the way it is structured. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word for 'building' or 'edifice' (కట్టడం) is derived from the verb 'to construct' (కట్టు), which suggests that the concept of 'building' in Telugu emphasizes the process of construction and creation. |
| Thai | The word "อาคาร" comes from the Sanskrit word "āgāra", which means "house" or "dwelling place." |
| Turkish | "Bina" is originally Persian for "base" or "root". |
| Ukrainian | The word "будівлі" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "bydovati", meaning "to build". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'عمارت' ultimately derives from the Arabic word 'عمارة' meaning 'prosperity' or 'abundance', and can also refer to a populated area or a settlement in addition to a building. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "bino" is related to Persian "bina" and Pashto "bendaw", meaning "structure" or "dwelling." |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "xây dựng" can also refer to the act of constructing or erecting something. |
| Welsh | The word "adeilad" derives from the Proto-Celtic word "*adelo-," meaning "house" or "temple." |
| Xhosa | The word 'isakhiwo' is also used to refer to the act of building or construction. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "בנין" also means "construction" and "structure". |
| Yoruba | The word 'ile' can also mean 'home' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'isakhiwo' may also be used to refer to the space within a building, such as a room or hall. |
| English | The word "building" has multiple meanings, including "the act of constructing or the process of being constructed" and "the result of building." |