Definify.com

Definition 2024

civil_engineering

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

Related terms

civil engineer

Derived terms

civils

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: rakentaminen (fi) (construction), rakennussuunnittelu (design), rakennustekniikka (fi) (technology)
French: génie civil (fr) m
German: Bauingenieurwesen n, Bauwesen (de) n

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