Meanings
nounapartment building (plural apartment buildings)
plural apartment buildings
- A residential building containing multiple apartments or flats.
Synonyms: apartment house, block of flats, tenement, tenement house
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA residential building containing multiple apartments or flats.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek συνοικία
- συνοικία (sunoikía)residential building with multiple flats
Bulgarian жили́щен блок
- жили́щен блок (žilíšten blok)residential building with multiple flats
Chinese Mandarin 公寓大樓 /公寓大楼, 公寓樓 /公寓楼
- 公寓大樓 /公寓大楼 (gōngyù dàlóu)residential building with multiple flats
- 公寓樓 /公寓楼 (gōngyùlóu)residential building with multiple flats
- 高級公寓 /高级公寓 (gāojí gōngyù)residential building with multiple flats
Czech činžovní dům, činžák
- činžovní důmresidential building with multiple flats
- činžákresidential building with multiple flats
Danish lejlighed
- lejlighedresidential building with multiple flats
Dutch flatgebouw, appartementsgebouw
- flatgebouwresidential building with multiple flats
- appartementsgebouwresidential building with multiple flats
Estonian korruselamu, korrusmaja
- korruselamuresidential building with multiple flats
- korrusmajaresidential building with multiple flats
Finnish asuinkerrostalo
- asuinkerrostaloresidential building with multiple flats
French immeuble résidentiel
- immeuble résidentielresidential building with multiple flats
German Mehrfamilienhaus, Mehrparteienhaus
- Mehrfamilienhausresidential building with multiple flats
- Mehrparteienhausresidential building with multiple flats
- Wohnhausresidential building with multiple flats
- Mehrwohnungshausresidential building with multiple flats
Greek πολυκατοικία
- πολυκατοικία (polykatoikía)residential building with multiple flats
Hungarian lakóház, bérház
- lakóházresidential building with multiple flats
- bérházresidential building with multiple flats
Icelandic fjölbýlishús, íbúðablokk
- fjölbýlishúsresidential building with multiple flats
- íbúðablokkresidential building with multiple flats
- blokkresidential building with multiple flats
Irish bloc árasán, áraslann
- bloc árasánresidential building with multiple flats
- áraslannresidential building with multiple flats
Italian condominio
- condominioresidential building with multiple flats
Japanese アパート, マンション
- アパート (apāto)residential building with multiple flats
- マンション (manshon)residential building with multiple flats
Korean 아파트, 맨션
- 아파트 (apateu)residential building with multiple flats
- 맨션 (maensyeon)residential building with multiple flats
Latin insula
- insularesidential building with multiple flats
Norwegian boligblokk
- boligblokkresidential building with multiple flats
Norwegian Bokmål leilighet
- leilighetresidential building with multiple flats
Polish blok, apartamentowiec
- blokresidential building with multiple flats
- apartamentowiecresidential building with multiple flats
Portuguese prédio de apartamentos
- prédio de apartamentosresidential building with multiple flats
Romanian bloc
- blocresidential building with multiple flats
Russian многокварти́рный дом, жило́й дом
- многокварти́рный дом (mnogokvartírnyj dom)residential building with multiple flats
- жило́й дом (žilój dom)residential building with multiple flats
Spanish edificio de apartamentos, torre de apartamentos
- edificio de apartamentosresidential building with multiple flats
- torre de apartamentosresidential building with multiple flats
Swedish flerbostadshus, flerfamiljshus
- flerbostadshusresidential building with multiple flats
- flerfamiljshusresidential building with multiple flats
- höghusresidential building with multiple flats
- hyreshusresidential building with multiple flats
- hyreskasernresidential building with multiple flats
Turkish apartman
- apartmanresidential building with multiple flats
Ukrainian багатокварти́рний буди́нок
- багатокварти́рний буди́нок (bahatokvartýrnyj budýnok)residential building with multiple flats
Welsh bloc fflatiau
- bloc fflatiauresidential building with multiple flats
Cite this entry
APA
apartment building. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apartment%20building
MLA
“apartment building.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apartment%20building. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apartment building,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apartment%20building.
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