"well-built" meaning in All languages combined

See well-built on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: better-built [comparative], more well-built [comparative], best-built [superlative], most well-built [superlative]
Etymology: From well + built. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|well|built}} well + built Head templates: {{en-adj|better-built|more|sup=best-built}} well-built (comparative better-built or more well-built, superlative best-built or most well-built)
  1. Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner. Translations (well constructed): আটিল (atil) (Assamese), velbygget (Danish), velbygd (Norwegian Bokmål), velbygget (Norwegian Bokmål), velbygd (Norwegian Nynorsk), عمران (ʼümran) (Ottoman Turkish), до́бре збудо́ваний (dóbre zbudóvanyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-well-built-en-adj-5J1t~Re5 Disambiguation of 'well constructed': 91 9
  2. Muscular and lean, having a body resembling that of an athlete.
    Sense id: en-well-built-en-adj-A6EnsPjf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: well built Translations (well-built physique): ওখ-পাখ (ükho-pakho) (Assamese), добре сложен (dobre složen) (Bulgarian), γεροδεμένος (gerodeménos) [masculine] (Greek), εύρωστος (évrostos) [masculine] (Greek), velbygd (Norwegian Bokmål), velbygget (Norwegian Bokmål), velbygd (Norwegian Nynorsk), masetiado (Spanish), міцни́й (micnýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ставни́й (stavnýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), га́рної стату́ри (hárnoji statúry) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'well-built physique': 47 53

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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