building in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for building in the English»French Dictionary

building [Brit ˈbɪldɪŋ, Am ˈbɪldɪŋ] N

1. building:

building (structure)

bâtiment m

building (with offices, apartments)

immeuble m

building (palace, church)

édifice m

school building

bâtiment m d'école

a building improvement scheme

un programme de rénovation du bâtiment

2. building (industry):

building

bâtiment m

the building industry

le bâtiment

3. building (action):

building

construction f

the building of new homes

la construction de nouvelles maisons

building materials N npl

building materials

matériaux mpl de construction

building costs N npl

building costs

frais mpl de construction

building permit N

building permit

permis m de construire

building land N

building land

terrain m à bâtir

building plot N

building plot

terrain m à bâtir

building society N Brit

building society

société f d'investissement et de crédit immobilier

building worker N Brit

building worker

ouvrier/-ière m/f du bâtiment

building surveyor N

building surveyor

expert m géomètre

building trade N

building trade

bâtiment m

building in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for building in the English»French Dictionary

building N

1. building (place):

building

bâtiment m

building for offices, apartments

immeuble m

the administration building

le bâtiment de l'administration

2. building (industry):

building

le bâtiment

3. building (process):

building

construction f

office building N Am

office building → office block

See also office block

office block N Aus, Brit

office block

complexe m de bureaux

terminal building N

terminal building

aérogare f

building site N

building site

chantier m

building society N Aus, Brit

building society

société f de crédit immobilier

building contractor N

building contractor

entrepreneur m en bâtiment

I.build [bɪld] N

build

charpente f

II.build <built, built> [bɪld] VB trans

1. build (construct):

build

bâtir

build car, ship

construire

build memorial

édifier

2. build fig:

build company

établir

build system

créer

build vocabulary

augmenter

to build a case against sb

constituer un dossier contre qn

Phrases:

Rome wasn't built in a day prov

Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour prov

III.build <built, built> [bɪld] VB intr

1. build (construct):

build

construire

2. build (increase):

build

augmenter

apartment building N, apartment house N Am (block of flats)

apartment building

immeuble m (locatif)

apartment building

conciergerie f Quebec

build-up [ˈbɪldʌp] N

1. build-up (increase, accumulation):

build-up

montée f

build-up of waste, toxins

accumulation f

build-up of troops

rassemblement m

build-up of resentment, grievances

accumulation f

a traffic build-up

un engorgement

2. build-up (hype):

build-up

battage m publicitaire

build on VB trans

1. build on (add):

build on

ajouter

2. build on (develop from):

build on

partir de

building Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to fall to pieces building

tomber en ruine

at the back of a house, building

derrière

a building of gigantic proportions

un bâtiment aux proportions énormes

a much praised/criticized building

un bâtiment très apprécié/critiqué

he reported that everyone had left the building

il a annoncé que tout le monde avait quitté le bâtiment

to restart work on a building site

faire redémarrer un chantier

to be listed as an historic building

être classé monument historique

to move into an apartment building Am

peupler un immeuble

to increase the height of a building

rehausser un édifice

to assign a building to sth

affecter un bâtiment à qc

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Translations for building in the French»English Dictionary

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réhabilitation d’immeuble

building remediation

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The building contains only 12 apartments: a ground floor maisonette, 10 full-floor apartments and a multi-floor penthouse.

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Clean-outs should be placed in accessible locations at regular intervals throughout a drainage system, often including outside the building, because clean-out augers have limited length.

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Shallow and deep-set cladding was used extensively on the building envelope.

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In addition, vandals repeatedly broke into the building, causing more damage.

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They built a new wharf and a terminal building and operated it as a joint venture on a per capita basis.

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The building was used for retail and office space until the 1980s when a fire damaged a third of the building.

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The building trade was a huge industry up here, so a lot of people were badly affected.

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During the 1960s and 1970s, the building fell into disrepair.

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By the 1950s, the building was mostly vacant and overdue for rehabilitation.

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The religious building was edified in the 12th century.

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