edificio
building
noun eh-dee-FEE-choh Common
Origin: from Latin 'aedificium'
Usage Note
Edificio is a building, usually a large or institutional one; for a home you would say casa or palazzo. Because it ends in stressed-adjacent -cio, the plural drops to edifici with a single 'i'.
Examples
"L'edificio è molto antico."
Natural Translation
The building is very old.
Literal Translation
The building is very old.
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