Meanings
plural construction sites
- A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)
1 more example
The architect behind a controversial Calgary pedestrian bridge said his firm is committed to ensuring the project's beauty, but the construction delays have little to do with him.[…] His officials recently inspected the construction site, and expressed artistic concerns about the surface appearance of two of the bridge's many steel pieces.
2010 November 19, Jason Markusoff, “The Montreal Gazette”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2010Synonyms: building site
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Bengali নির্মাণস্থান
- নির্মাণস্থান (nirmanosthan)place where something is being constructed
Bulgarian строи́телен обе́кт, строителна площадка
- строи́телен обе́кт (stroítelen obékt)place where something is being constructed
- строителна площадка (stroitelna ploštadka)place where something is being constructed
- строеж (stroež)place where something is being constructed
Chinese Cantonese 地盤 /地盘
- 地盤 /地盘 (dei⁶ pun⁴)place where something is being constructed
Chinese Mandarin 施工重地, 建築工地 /建筑工地
- 施工重地 (shīgōng zhòngdì)place where something is being constructed
- 建築工地 /建筑工地 (jiànzhù gōngdì)place where something is being constructed
- 工地 (gōngdì)place where something is being constructed
Czech staveniště
- staveništěplace where something is being constructed
Dutch bouwterrein, bouwwerf
- bouwterreinplace where something is being constructed
- bouwwerfplace where something is being constructed
Finnish rakennustyömaa
- rakennustyömaaplace where something is being constructed
French chantier
- chantierplace where something is being constructed
German Baustelle
- Baustelleplace where something is being constructed
Greek εργοτάξιο
- εργοτάξιο (ergotáxio)place where something is being constructed
Hungarian építkezés, építési terület
- építkezésplace where something is being constructed
- építési területplace where something is being constructed
Icelandic byggingarsvæði
- byggingarsvæðiplace where something is being constructed
Japanese 建設現場
- 建設現場 (kensetsu genba)place where something is being constructed
Malay tapak pembinaan
- tapak pembinaanplace where something is being constructed
Norwegian Bokmål byggeplass
- byggeplassplace where something is being constructed
Polish plac budowy, budowa
- plac budowyplace where something is being constructed
- budowaplace where something is being constructed
Portuguese estaleiro, canteiro de obras
- estaleiroplace where something is being constructed
- canteiro de obrasplace where something is being constructed
Romanian șantier
- șantierplace where something is being constructed
Russian строи́тельная площа́дка, стройплоща́дка
- строи́тельная площа́дка (stroítelʹnaja ploščádka)place where something is being constructed
- стройплоща́дка (strojploščádka)place where something is being constructed
- стро́йка (strójka)place where something is being constructed
Spanish obra
- obraplace where something is being constructed
Swedish anlägg, bygge
- anläggplace where something is being constructed
- byggeplace where something is being constructed
- byggarbetsplatsplace where something is being constructed
Turkish inşaat sahası
- inşaat sahasıplace where something is being constructed
Vietnamese công trường
- công trườngplace where something is being constructed
Cite this entry
construction site. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/construction%20site
“construction site.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/construction%20site. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “construction site,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/construction%20site.
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