Phrase guide

construction site

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: building site

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շինհրապարակ (šinhraparak) — place where something is being constructed
  • Bengali: নির্মাণস্থান (nirmanosthan) — place where something is being constructed
  • Bulgarian: строи́телен обе́кт (stroítelen obékt) — place where something is being constructed
  • Bulgarian: строителна площадка (stroitelna ploštadka) — place where something is being constructed
  • Bulgarian: строеж (stroež) — place where something is being constructed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 地盤 /地盘 (dei6 pun4) — place where something is being constructed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 施工重地 (shīgōng zhòngdì) — place where something is being constructed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 建築工地 /建筑工地 (jiànzhù gōngdì) — place where something is being constructed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工地 (gōngdì) — place where something is being constructed
  • Czech: staveniště — place where something is being constructed
  • Dutch: bouwterrein — place where something is being constructed
  • Dutch: bouwwerf — place where something is being constructed
  • Finnish: rakennustyömaa — place where something is being constructed
  • French: chantier — place where something is being constructed
  • Galician: obra — place where something is being constructed
  • German: Baustelle — place where something is being constructed
  • Greek: εργοτάξιο (ergotáxio) — place where something is being constructed
  • Hungarian: építkezés — place where something is being constructed
  • Hungarian: építési terület — place where something is being constructed
  • Icelandic: byggingarsvæði — place where something is being constructed
  • Japanese: 建設現場 (kensetsu genba) — place where something is being constructed
  • Macedonian: градилиште (gradilište) — place where something is being constructed
  • Malay: tapak pembinaan — place where something is being constructed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: byggeplass — place where something is being constructed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggeplass — place where something is being constructed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggjeplass — place where something is being constructed
  • Polish: plac budowy — place where something is being constructed
  • Polish: budowa — place where something is being constructed
  • Portuguese: estaleiro — place where something is being constructed
  • Portuguese: canteiro de obras — place where something is being constructed
  • Romanian: șantier — place where something is being constructed
  • Russian: строи́тельная площа́дка (stroítelʹnaja ploščádka) — place where something is being constructed
  • Russian: стройплоща́дка (strojploščádka) — place where something is being constructed
  • Russian: стро́йка (strójka) — place where something is being constructed
  • Spanish: obra — place where something is being constructed
  • Swedish: anlägg — place where something is being constructed
  • Swedish: bygge — place where something is being constructed
  • Swedish: byggarbetsplats — place where something is being constructed
  • Turkish: inşaat sahası — place where something is being constructed
  • Vietnamese: công trường — place where something is being constructed