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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
Narrower terms: hydraulic engineering
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
الهندسة المدنية
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Chinese Mandarin:
土木工程
(tǔmù gōngchéng)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Czech:
stavební inženýrství
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Dutch:
burgerlijke bouwkunde
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Finnish:
yhdyskuntatekniikka
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Finnish:
rakennussuunnittelu
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Finnish:
rakentaminen
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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French:
génie civil
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Georgian:
სამოქალაქო ინჟინერია
(samokalako inžineria)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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German:
Bauingenieurwesen
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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German:
Bauwesen
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Hebrew:
הַנְדָּסָה אֶזְרָחִית
(handasah ezrakhit)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Hungarian:
építőmérnöki/általános mérnöki munka/munkálatok/tudományok
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Indonesian:
teknik sipil
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Irish:
innealtóireacht shibhialta
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Italian:
genio civile
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Italian:
ingegneria civile
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Japanese:
土木工学
(doboku kōgaku)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Khmer:
អសេនិកវិស្វកម្ម
(a’seenɨk vi’sva’kam)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Khmer:
វិស្វកម្មស៊ីវិល
(vi’sva’kam siivɨl)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Korean:
토목공학
(tomokgonghak)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Malay:
kejuruteraan awam
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Polish:
inżynieria wodno-lądowa
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Polish:
inżynieria lądowa
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Portuguese:
engenharia civil
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Russian:
строи́тельная инжене́рия
(stroítelʹnaja inženérija)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Russian:
гражда́нское строи́тельство
(graždánskoje stroítelʹstvo)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Spanish:
ingeniería civil
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Tagalog:
bayanhing agsikapan
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Tamil:
குடிசார் பொறியியல்
(kuṭicār poṟiyiyal)
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Turkish:
inşaat mühendisliği
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones
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Vietnamese:
kỹ thuật xây dựng dân dụng
— technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones