el
masculine
/eðiˈfiθjo/
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Translation
building
Word origin
From Latin aedificium ('building'), from aedificare ('to build'), from aedes ('dwelling, temple') plus facere ('to make'). The same root gives English edifice and edify.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- aedificium
- English cognates
- edifice, edify
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraledificios
Examples
.
This building is over a hundred years old.
plantas.
We live in a six-storey building.
cristal.
The new building will be made of glass.
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The building where I live has ten tall floors.
.
They have painted the whole building white.
Used in
Stories
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