édifice
French, noun/e.di.fis/
édifice is spelled É-D-I-F-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Édifice is a French masculine noun meaning “building, structure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâtiment surtout en parlant des églises, des temples, des palais et autres grands bâtiments”.
What does édifice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuilding, structure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâtiment surtout en parlant des églises, des temples, des palais et autres grands bâtiments. 2. Ce qui est formé par l’assemblage, le concours, la combinaison de plusieurs choses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of édifice
- édifices plural
- ædifice alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce édifice?
- /e.di.fis/
- \e.di.fis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to édifice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is édifice in French?
édifice appears 14 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).