edifice

• n. マンション；大きな建物

PIE*aidhの「燃やす」から、語源的には灰、エーテルと同じ。 もともとは暖炉で、派生的に住居、建物。-PIE*ficeの「する、建てる」から。

edifice (n.)

late 14c., from Old French edifice "building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a building," from aedis, variant of aedes "temple, sanctuary," usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, "dwelling house, building," originally "a place with a hearth" + the root of facere "to make" (see factitious).

Aedis is from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (cognates: Greek aithein "to burn," Sanskrit inddhe "burst into flames," Old Irish aed "fire," Welsh aidd "heat, zeal," Old High German eit "funeral pile"), from root *ai- (2) "to burn" (see ash (n.1)).

1. Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down.

彼らの新しい宣言は資本主義ビル全体を破壊すると主張しているが、それは不可能だ。

2.The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.

アメリカ領事館は、ボルドーの中心部にある雄大なビルです。

3.He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly.

彼は外からビルを見て、それを賛美している。

4. Rockfeller critics were fond of accusing him of having an " edifice complex . 「

ロックフェラーを批判する人は、建築マニアだと皮肉るのが好きだ。

5.There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.

この地域にはビクトリア式の巨大な建物がある。