different between building vs fibro

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

Abbreviations.

Noun

fibro (uncountable)

1. (Australia) Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 56:

     Every day, all day and all night sometimes, the town jammed jazz with bits of loose tin slapping around on top of the mud-stained fibro walls […].

   • 2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin 2018, p. 19:

     There are a few faded colourless fibro buildings, jagged black holes punched here and there in the panels.

2. (informal) Fibromyalgia.
   • 2011, Linda Kay Mullinax, It's Okay to Hurt: My Life with Fibromyalgia (page 43)

     When I got fibro, the Internet was not in common use, so I didn't have the resources that a newly diagnosed person would have now.

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto fibro, from English fibre, French fibre, German Fiber, Italian fibra, Spanish fibra, Portuguese fibra.

Noun

fibro (plural fibri)

1. fibre

Derived terms

Latin

Noun

fibr?

1. dative singular of fiber
2. ablative singular of fiber