building site

English

Noun

building site (plural building sites)

1. (construction) The site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed.
2. (archaeology) The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records).
3. (figuratively) A messy, disorganized area.

Synonyms

• (construction): (US) construction site

Translations

place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 施工重地 (shīgōng zhòngdì), 建築工地／建筑工地 (jiànzhù gōngdì), 建筑工地 (jiànzhù gōngdì), 工地 (zh) (gōngdì)

• Danish: byggeplads (da)
• Finnish: rakennuspaikka; rakennustyömaa (fi) (construction site)
• French: chantier (fr)
• Greek: εργοτάξιο (el) n (ergotáxio)
• Hungarian: építési terület
• Interlingua: sito de construction
• Italian: cantiere (it)
• Luxembourgish: Schantjen m, Chantier m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: byggeplass m

  Nynorsk: byggeplass m, byggjeplass m

• Portuguese: canteiro de obras
• Romanian: șantier (ro) n
• Russian: строи́тельная площа́дка f (stroítelʹnaja ploščádka), стройплоща́дка (ru) f (strojploščádka)
• Spanish: obra (es) f
• Swedish: anlägg (sv) n, bygge (sv) n, byggarbetsplats (sv) c, nybygge (sv) n
• Turkish: şantiye (tr)

archeology: site of a former structure

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: rakennuspaikka
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• Swedish: lokal (sv) c, boplats (sv) c, husgrund c

messy, disorganized area

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: rakennustyömaa (fi)
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• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: röra (sv)