English
Noun
building block (plural building blocks)
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- Words are the building blocks of a language.
- Cells are the building blocks of life.
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Translations
component that is part of a larger construction
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 基礎 / 基础 (zh) (jīchǔ)
- Dutch: bouwsteen (nl) m
- Finnish: rakennusosa
- French: brique (fr) f, bloc de construction m
- German: Baustein (de) m
- Hungarian: építőkő (hu)
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: byggeblokk m or f, byggestein m
- Nynorsk: byggestein m
- Portuguese: bloco de construção
- Russian: строи́тельный блок m (stroítelʹnyj blok)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: yapı taşı (tr)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 積木 / 积木 (zh) (jīmù)
- Finnish: rakennuspalikka
- French: cube (fr) m
- German: Bauklotz (de) m, Spielbaustein m
- Hungarian: építőkocka (hu)
- Japanese: 積み木 (ja) (tsumiki)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өрдөг тоглоом (ördög togloom), эвлүүлдэг тоглоом (evlüüldeg togloom), зэргэлэх мод (zergelex mod) (China)
- Mongolian: ᠥᠷᠳᠡᠭ
ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠᠮ (ördeg toɣlaɣam), ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠭᠦᠯᠳᠡᠭ
ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠᠮ (eblegüldeg toɣlaɣam), ᠵᠡᠷᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ
ᠮᠣᠳᠤ (ǰergelekü modu)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: byggeblokk m or f, byggekloss m
- Nynorsk: byggjekloss m, byggekloss m
- Portuguese: bloco de construção m, bloco de montar m
- Russian: ку́бик (ru) m (kúbik)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: (please verify) inşaat kutusu parçası
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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(figuratively) component that is part of a larger system
See also