architectural

UK/ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/US/ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/

adjectiveC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,459 of 15,258mostly written

Architectural means to do with the design of buildings. How they are planned, not how they are built.

It attaches to drawings, styles, features and salvage, and architectural salvage is a whole trade in reclaimed doors, fireplaces and stone. The word also describes anything with strong structural form, so an architectural plant has a bold shape and an architectural cake is a compliment about its engineering. The noun is architecture, which computing has borrowed entirely for the design of systems.

Definitions of architectural

1adjectivearchitecturalRelating to the design of buildings.C1
“The house has real architectural interest.”

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*tetḱ-
French
architecture
English
architecture
English, today
architectural

From architecture + -al. architecture Borrowed from French architecture. Borrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (“architect”) literally “arch builder, ext. chief builder, principal craftsman”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Word Building

First appears in chapter 28 of A Man Called Ove.

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architectural in the wild

Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era.
Brutalist architecture
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.
Victorian architecture
The name represents the British and French custom of naming architectural styles for a reigning monarch.
Victorian architecture
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
Colonial Revival architecture
REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software architectural style that was created to describe the design and guide the development of the architecture for the World Wide Web.
REST

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Related words

the architecture family

architecture architectural

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