édifices, immeubles et bâtisses
English translation: buildings, apartment buildings and masonry structures/houses
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| 4 +1 | high- rise buildings, real estate property, masonry structures |
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| édifices, immeubles et bâtisses buildings, apartment buildings and masonry structures/houses Explanation: Amazon.com: Books: Building Code Requirements for Masonry ... Amazon.com: Books: Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures: Specification for Masonry Structures (Aci 530.1-95/Asce 6-95/Tms 602-95) ; Commentary ... www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/detail/-/0784401152?v=glance block of flats instead of apartment building if you need UK English. |
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peer agreement (net): +1| édifices, immeubles et bâtisses high- rise buildings, real estate property, masonry structures Explanation: Note: Edifice usually refers to structures imposing size or appearance so I opted for high-rise buildings -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 2 mins (2005-06-24 13:31:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Le Petit Larousse (French), EDIFICE: \"BATIMENT DE DIMENSIONS IMPORTANTES.\" Le Petit Larousse BATISSE: TOUT CE QUI ENTRE DANS LA CONSTRUCTION D\'UN EDIFICE, NOTAMMENT LA MACONNERIE (Note: I put in Caps because I did not have all the characters, accents for this language) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 6 mins (2005-06-24 13:35:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Main Entry: ed·i·fice Pronunciation: \'e-d&-f&s Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin aedificium, from aedificare 1 : BUILDING; especially : a large or massive structure 2 : a large abstract structure <holds together the social edifice -- R. H. Tawney> -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 10 mins (2005-06-24 13:39:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1071772#answ_2579929 Definition from Cambridge Dictionary: edifice [Show phonetics] noun [C] 1 FORMAL a large building, especially a splendid one: The town hall is the only edifice surviving from the fifteenth century. 2 a system which has been established for a long time: It looks as if the whole political edifice of the country is about to -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 22 mins (2005-06-24 13:51:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Definition of IMMEUBLE in Le Petit Larousse: N. MASC. *MAISON ET, SPECIALEMENT HABITATION A PLUSIEURS ETAGES.*BIEN QUI NE PEUT ETRE DEPLACE (IMMEUBLE PAR NATURE)OU QUE LA LOI CONSIDERE COMME TEL(IMMEUBLE PAR DESTINATION). ADJ.: BIENS IMMEUBLES |
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