built-in

See also: builtin and built in

English

Adjective

built-in (not comparable)

1. Constructed as a non-detachable part of a larger structure.
2. Being an essential and permanent part of something.
3. Being an included feature that normally comes as an extra.

Synonyms

• inbuilt
• (being an essential and permanent part of something): instilled, infused, integrated; See also Thesaurus:intrinsic
• (being an included feature that normally comes as an extra): incorporated, integrated

Usage notes

Use built-in when directly before a noun:

• an apartment with a built-in dishwasher

Translations

constructed as a non-detachable part

• Bulgarian: вграден (vgraden)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: vestavěný
• Danish: indbygget
• Finnish: kiinteä (fi)
• French: encastré (fr)
• Icelandic: innbyggður m
• Italian: incorporato (it) m, integrato (it) m, incassato (it) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innbygd, innebygd, innebygget

  Nynorsk: innbygd, innebygd

• Portuguese: acoplado (pt)
• Russian: встро́енный (ru) m (vstrójennyj), встро́енная (ru) f (vstrójennaja)
• Spanish: integrado (es), empotrado (es)
• Swedish: inbyggd
• Vietnamese: gắn liền (vi)

essential

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: olennainen (fi)
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• French: intrinsèque (fr)
• Portuguese: essencial (pt) m

included

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: integroitu (fi)
• French: incorporé (fr)
• German: eingebaut (de)
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• Portuguese: incorporado (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: ugrađen
• Spanish: incluido (es) m
• Vietnamese: có sẵn, sẵn có (vi)

Noun

built-in (plural built-ins)

1. Anything (such as a piece of furniture, or a software feature) that is built in, not added as an extra.

Anagrams

• in-built, inbuilt