🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

vivienda multifamiliar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: biˈβjenda multifamiˈljar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Multi-family housing/ˈmʌl.tiˌfæm.ɪ.li ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La construcción de vivienda multifamiliar ayuda a reducir los costos urbanos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A single residential building or a complex containing multiple separate housing units for multiple families to live independently.

    "The city council approved the construction of a new multi-family housing complex near the downtown transit station."
  2. 2

    Real estate zoning or housing classification that permits multiple dwelling units on a single lot.

    "Many suburban neighborhoods are pushing to rezone single-family areas for multi-family housing to address affordability."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English prefix 'multi-' (from Latin multus, meaning many) and 'family' (from Latin familia, meaning household), paired with 'housing' (from Old English hūsian). The term emerged in modern urban planning and architecture vocabulary during the 20th century to designate residential buildings containing multiple separate housing units.

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🇫🇷French → English

logement collectif

Transliteration: loʒmɑ̃ kɔlɛktif

"Le nouveau projet de logement collectif comprend cinquante appartements."

🇩🇪German → English

Mehrfamilienhaus

Transliteration: ˈmeːɐ̯faˌmiːliənhau̯s

"Das Mehrfamilienhaus bietet modernen Wohnraum für junge Familien."

🇮🇹Italian → English

edilizia residenziale multifamiliare

Transliteration: ediliˈtsia rezidenˈtsiale multifamiˈliare

"L'edilizia residenziale multifamiliare sta crescendo rapidamente nelle grandi città."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

vivienda multifamiliar

Transliteration: biˈβjenda multifamiˈljar

"La construcción de vivienda multifamiliar ayuda a reducir los costos urbanos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

habitação multifamiliar

Transliteration: ɐbiˈtɐsɐ̃w multifamiˈliɐɾ

"O complexo de habitação multifamiliar foi inaugurado no mês passado."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

बहु-पारिवारिक आवास

Transliteration: bahu-pārivārik āvās

"शहरी क्षेत्रों में बहु-पारिवारिक आवास की मांग तेजी से बढ़ रही है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

多户住宅

Transliteration: duō hù zhù zhái

"多户住宅的设计有效地缓解了城市的住房压力。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

다가구 주택

Transliteration: da-gagu jutaek

"정부는 도심 속에 다가구 주택 공급을 늘리고 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

集合住宅

Transliteration: shūgō jūtaku

"多くの人々が利便性の高い集合住宅に住んでいます。"

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