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English
Etymology
From high + rise .
Noun
high -rise (plural high-rises )
A tall building , one consisting of many storeys .
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 ) , солитер m ( soliter )
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 )
( of clothing ) Designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips.
high-rise jeans
See also