civil engineering

English

Bridge across river Nile in Sudan.

Noun

civil engineering (uncountable)

The technical design and construction of public works (buildings, roads, bridges, harbors, public greens ...) and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones

Derived terms

civils

Related terms

civil engineer

Translations

technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones

Chinese:
Mandarin: 土木工程 (zh) (tǔmùgōngchéng)
Czech: stavební inženýrství n
Dutch: burgerlijke bouwkunde
Finnish: yhdyskuntatekniikka (technology); rakennussuunnittelu (design); rakentaminen (fi) (construction)
French: génie civil (fr) m
German: Bauingenieurwesen n, Bauwesen (de) n
Hungarian: építőmérnöki/általános mérnöki munka/munkálatok/tudományok

Irish: innealtóireacht shibhialta f
Italian: genio civile m, ingegneria civile (it) f
Japanese: 土木工学 (どぼくこうがく, doboku kōgaku)
Khmer: អសេនិកវិស្វកម្ម (a’seenɨk vi’sva’kam), វិស្វកម្មស៊ីវិល (vi’sva’kam siivɨl)
Korean: 토목공학 (ko) (tomokgonghak) (土木工學 (ko))
Russian: строи́тельная инжене́рия f (stroítelʹnaja inženérija), гражда́нское строи́тельство n (graždánskoje stroítelʹstvo)
Tagalog: bayanhing agsikapan
Turkish: inşaat mühendisliği

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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