Meanings
nounprefabrication (countable and uncountable, plural prefabrications)
plural prefabrications
- countableuncountableThe manufacture of prefabricated components, and their assembly.
- countableuncountableA preassembled component.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishfabrication
- Englishprefabrication
From pre- + fabrication.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan prefabricació
- prefabricaciómanufacture of prefabricated components
French préfabrication
- préfabricationmanufacture of prefabricated components
Greek προκατασκευή
- προκατασκευή (prokataskeví)manufacture of prefabricated components
Irish réamhdhéanamh
- réamhdhéanamhmanufacture of prefabricated components
Italian prefabbricazione
- prefabbricazionemanufacture of prefabricated components
Portuguese pré-fabricação
- pré-fabricaçãomanufacture of prefabricated components
Spanish prefabricación
- prefabricaciónmanufacture of prefabricated components
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APA
prefabrication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefabrication
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“prefabrication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefabrication. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefabrication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefabrication.
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