edificio

See also: edifício

Galician

Alternative forms

• edifício (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin aedēs

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin aedificō

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin aedificiumlbor.

Galician edificio

Learned borrowing from Latin aedificium.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛdiˈfiθjo/ [ɛ.ð̞iˈfi.θjʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɛdiˈfiθjo/ [ɛ.ð̞iˈfi.θjʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ɛdiˈfisjo/ [ɛ.ð̞iˈfi.sjʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -iθjo

• (standard) Rhymes: -iθjo
• (seseo) Rhymes: -isjo

• Hyphenation: e‧di‧fi‧cio

Noun

edificio m (plural edificios)

1. building, edifice

   Synonym: construción

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “edificio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “edificio”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “edificio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “edificio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “edificio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “edificio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aedificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.diˈfi.t͡ʃo/

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• Rhymes: -itʃo
• Hyphenation: e‧di‧fì‧cio

Noun

edificio m (plural edifici)

1. building
2. organisation

Related terms

• edificare
• edificazione
• edile

Further reading

• “edificio”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ediˈfiθjo/ [e.ð̞iˈfi.θjo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ediˈfisjo/ [e.ð̞iˈfi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: e‧di‧fi‧cio

Noun

edificio m (plural edificios)

1. building

   Synonym: inmueble

Related terms

• edificación
• edificador
• edificante
• edificar

Further reading

• “edificio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026