civil engineering

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

civil engineering (uncountable)

1. The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones.

Derived terms

• civils
• civionics

Related terms

• civil engineer
• geoengineering

Translations

technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones

• Arabic: الهندسة المدنية
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土木工程 (zh) (tǔmù gōngchéng)

• Czech: stavební inženýrství n
• Dutch: burgerlijke bouwkunde
• Finnish: yhdyskuntatekniikka (fi) (technology); rakennussuunnittelu (design); rakentaminen (fi) (construction)
• French: génie civil (fr) m
• Georgian: სამოქალაქო ინჟინერია (samokalako inžineria)
• German: Bauingenieurwesen n, Bauwesen (de) n
• Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה אֶזְרָחִית (he) f (handasah ezrakhit)
• Hungarian: építőmérnöki/általános mérnöki munka/munkálatok/tudományok
• Indonesian: teknik sipil
• Irish: innealtóireacht shibhialta f
• Italian: genio civile m, ingegneria civile (it) f
• Japanese: 土木工学 (ja) (どぼくこうがく, doboku kōgaku)
• Khmer: អសេនិកវិស្វកម្ម (a’seenɨk vi’sva’kam), វិស្វកម្មស៊ីវិល (vi’sva’kam siivɨl)
• Korean: 토목공학(土木工學) (ko) (tomokgonghak)
• Malay: kejuruteraan awam (ms)
• Polish: inżynieria wodno-lądowa f, inżynieria lądowa f
• Portuguese: engenharia civil f
• Russian: строи́тельная инжене́рия f (stroítelʹnaja inženérija), гражда́нское строи́тельство n (graždánskoje stroítelʹstvo)
• Spanish: ingeniería civil f
• Tagalog: bayanhing agsikapan
• Tamil: குடிசார் பொறியியல் (kuṭicār poṟiyiyal)
• Turkish: inşaat mühendisliği (tr)
• Vietnamese: kỹ thuật xây dựng dân dụng

References

• “civil engineering” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.