"construction site" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: construction sites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} construction site (plural construction sites)
  1. A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.) Categories (topical): Construction Synonyms: building site Translations (place where something is being constructed): շինհրապարակ (šinhraparak) (Armenian), строи́телен обе́кт (stroítelen obékt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 施工重地 (shīgōng zhòngdì) (Chinese Mandarin), 建築工地 (Chinese Mandarin), 建筑工地 (jiànzhù gōngdì) (Chinese Mandarin), 工地 (gōngdì) (Chinese Mandarin), staveniště [neuter] (Czech), rakennustyömaa (Finnish), chantier [masculine] (French), obra [feminine] (Galician), Baustelle [feminine] (German), εργοτάξιο (ergotáxio) [neuter] (Greek), építkezés (Hungarian), építési terület (Hungarian), byggingarsvæði [neuter] (Icelandic), 建設現場 (kensetsu genba) (alt: けんせつげんば) (Japanese), градилиште (gradilište) [neuter] (Macedonian), tapak pembinaan (Malay), byggeplass [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), byggeplass [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), byggjeplass [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), plac budowy [masculine] (Polish), budowa [feminine] (Polish), estaleiro [masculine] (Portuguese), canteiro de obras [masculine] (Portuguese), șantier [neuter] (Romanian), строи́тельная площа́дка (stroítelʹnaja ploščádka) [feminine] (Russian), стройплоща́дка (strojploščádka) [feminine] (Russian), стро́йка (strójka) [feminine] (Russian), obra [feminine] (Spanish), anlägg [neuter] (Swedish), bygge [neuter] (Swedish), byggarbetsplats [common-gender] (Swedish), inşaat sahası (Turkish), công trường (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-construction_site-en-noun-296cB8Q- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Translation hubs

Inflected forms

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}

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