Parts of speech
Nouns |
будинок gen. будинку - house, building |
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будиночок gen. будиночка - small house, building будівля gen. будівлі - building, structure буд(к)а gen. буд(к)и - hut, cabin |
Adjectives |
будинковий - relating or pertaining to a building |
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Verbs |
(з)будувати - to build |
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Useful compounds |
житловий будинок - residential building багатоповерховий будинок - multi-storey block ляльковий будиночок - doll's house власний будинок - one's own house (as opposed to a flat in a block) |
Additional information
1. the word будинок reflects the fact that most people living in towns and cities in Ukraine live in blocks of flats, and owning a separate house or building is less usual than in some countries
2. an interesting building in Kyiv is the Будинок із химерами (House of the Chimaeras), built in 1901-2 by the architect Vladyslav Horodetskyi as a dwelling fo his family; it is decorated with mythical creatures and hunting scenes
3. in conjunction with other nouns or adjectives будинок can also mean 'centre', for example: будинок вчителя - teachers' centre, дитячий будинок - children's centre, будинок культури - cultural centre.
Related words
будівництво - construction (process, business)
будівельник - builder
будівельний майданчик - building site
будова - construction, structure