different between building vs cubile

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l.d??/
• Rhymes: -?ld??
• Hyphenation: build?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English bildyng, buildyng, buyldyng, byldyng, bulding, beldyng, equivalent to build +? -ing.

Noun

building (countable and uncountable, plural buildings)

1. (uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

   Synonym: construction

2. (countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.

   Synonyms: edifice; see also Thesaurus:building

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• building on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

See build

Verb

building

1. present participle of build

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English building.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil.di?/

Noun

building m (plural buildings)

1. tower, skyscraper (tall building)

   Synonyms: gratte-ciel, tour

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cub?le (“bed”).

Noun

cubile (plural cubiles)

1. (obsolete, architecture) The lowest course of stones in a building.

Latin

Etymology

From cub? (“to lie down”) +? -?le.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ku?bi?.le/, [k??bi????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku?bi.le/, [ku?bi?l?]

Noun

cub?le n (genitive cub?lis); third declension

1. bed
2. couch
3. place of rest

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Synonyms

• (bed): lectus

Descendants

• Italian: covile
• Portuguese: covil
• Spanish: cubil, cobija

References

• cubile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cubile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cubile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cubile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette