edifice

Other forms of edifice

plural

edifices·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about edifice

What does edifice mean?

edifice means "a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place".

How many syllables are in edifice?

edifice has 3 syllables: ed-i-fice. The stress falls on "ed". In IPA it is /ˈɛdəfəs/.

What is another word for edifice?

Close synonyms include building. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is edifice a common word?

edifice is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.