high-rise

See also: highrise

English

Alternative forms

• highrise

Etymology

high +‎ rise

Noun

high-rise (plural high-rises)

1. A tall building, one consisting of many storeys.

Related terms

• low-rise

Translations

A tall building

• Bulgarian: многоетажен (mnogoetažen)
• Czech: výškáč m
• Danish: højhus n
• Finnish: kerrostalo (fi), tornitalo (fi)
• French: tour d’habitation f
• German: Hochhaus (de) n, Hochbau (de) m
• Hungarian: toronyház (hu)
• Italian: palazzo (it) m, condominio (it) m, casa a torre f
• Japanese: 高層こうそうビル (kōsō-biru)
• Korean: 고층 건물 (gocheung geonmul)
• Macedonian: висококатница f (visokokatnica)
• Maori: whare tīkoke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høyhus n, høghus n

  Nynorsk: høghus n

• Polish: wysokościowiec (pl) m inan
• Russian: высо́тное зда́ние (vysótnoje zdánije), многоэта́жное зда́ние (mnogoetážnoje zdánije), высо́тка (ru) (vysótka), муравейник (ru) m (muravejnik) (colloquial), многоэта́жка (ru) f (mnogoetážka)
• Swedish: höghus (sv) n
• Ukrainian: багатоповерхі́вка f (bahatopoverxívka)

Adjective

high-rise (not comparable)

1. (of clothing) Designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips.

   high-rise jeans

See also

• high-riser