construction
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The meaning (definition) of the word construction
the work of putting a building together
The word construction used in a sentence
“The construction of our block tower took the whole afternoon.”
How the word construction is said around the world
| French | construction (kohn-strewk-SYOHN) |
| Spanish | construcción (kohns-trook-THYOHN) |
| Mandarin | 搭建 (dah jyen) |
| Hindi | निर्माण (nir-MAAN) |
| Arabic | بناء (bee-NAA) |
| Russian | строительство (strah-EE-teel-stvuh) |
| Portuguese (EU) | construção (konsh-troo-SOWNG) |
| Portuguese (BR) | construção (kohn-stroo-SOWN) |
| Japanese | けんせつ (ken-SEH-tsoo) |
| German | Bau (BOW) |
| Urdu | تعمیر (tuh-MEER) |
| Punjabi | ਉਸਾਰੀ (u-SAH-ree) |
| Korean | 공사 (GOHNG-sah) |
| Hebrew | בנייה (bnee-YAH) |
| Greek | κατασκευή (kah-tah-skeh-VEE) |
| Dutch | bouw (bow) |
| Tagalog | pagtatayo (pahg-tah-tah-YOH) |
| Vietnamese | việc xây dựng (vee-uk say ZUUNG) |
| Turkish | yapım (yah-PUHM) |
| Persian | ساختوساز (sahkht-oh-SAHZ) |
| Polish | budowa (boo-DOH-vah) |
| Ukrainian | будівництво (boo-DEEV-nyt-stvoh) |
| Bengali | নির্মাণ (neer-MAHN) |
| Swedish | bygge (BUUG-eh) |
| Italian | costruzione (koh-stroo-TSYOH-neh) |
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