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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

इमारत

Pronunciation / Transliteration: imarat

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Edifice/ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"यह ऐतिहासिक इमारत शहर के केंद्र में स्थित है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A building, especially one of large size, imposing appearance, or elaborate design.

    "The grand neoclassical edifice dominated the city center and served as the municipal courthouse."
  2. 2

    A complex system of beliefs, institutions, or theories perceived as a large, intricate structure.

    "Years of economic reform began to shatter the fragile edifice of the totalitarian regime."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'aedificium', meaning a building, which stems from 'aedificare' (to build a house), combining 'aedis' (dwelling/temple) and 'facere' (to make). Entering the English language in the late 14th century via Old French 'edifice', the term shifted from a literal reference to any large building to frequently denoting grand, imposing architectural structures as well as complex abstract systems.

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