édifice

Meaning

building, structure

Concepts

building

edifice

structure

fabric

construction

house

constructional landform

barrack

dwelling

home

hut

hutch

place

shack

shanty

sliver

squat

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.di.fis/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedificium, from aedificō (“to build”) (whence édifier).

Sentences

C’était le dernier édifice de la ville à posséder des pans de bois .

It was the last building in the city to have sections of wood.

Cette grande ancienneté expliquerait l'apparence particulièrement érodée de cet édifice .

This great antiquity would explain the particularly eroded appearance of this building.