prefabricated

English

Etymology 1

pre- +‎ fabricated

Adjective

prefabricated (not comparable)

1. manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site

   A prefabricated home

2. invented in advance

   They both told the police a prefabricated version of events.

Synonyms

• prefab

Derived terms

• non-prefabricated

 

Related terms

• prefabricate
• prefabrication

Translations

manufactured in advance

• Danish: præfabrikeret
• Finnish: valmis (fi)
• German: vorgefertigt (de)
• Italian: prefabbricato (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prefabrikkert

  Nynorsk: prefabrikkert

• Spanish: prefabricado

invented in advance

• Finnish: keksitty (fi)

Etymology 2

prefabricate +‎ -ed

Verb

prefabricated

1. simple past and past participle of prefabricate