〜建(だ)て

だて
suffix
storied, -story building
1. storied, -story (building)
Indicates the number of floors in a building.
一戸建(いっこだ)てを買(か)いたい。
I want to buy a detached house.
この建物(たてもの)は五階建(ごかいだ)てだ。
This building is five stories.
二階建(にかいだ)ての家(いえ)に住(す)んでいる。
I live in a two-story house.

〜建(だ)て is a suffix indicating the number of floors or type of building structure.

PRONUNCIATION:
Usually read as {だて}, sometimes {たて}.

COMMON USES (number of floors):

  • 二階建(にかいだ)て: two-story
  • 三階建(さんがいだ)て: three-story
  • 五階建(ごかいだ)て: five-story
  • 高層建(こうそうだ)て: high-rise
  • 平屋建(ひらやだ)て: single-story

BUILDING TYPES:

  • 一戸建(いっこだ)て: detached house
  • 木造建(もくぞうだ)て: wooden building
  • 鉄骨建(てっこつだ)て: steel-frame building

GRAMMAR:

  • Used as noun modifier: 二階建(にかいだ)ての家(いえ) (two-story house)
  • Used predicatively: この建物(たてもの)は五階建(ごかいだ)てだ

RELATED VERB: 建(た)てる (to build).

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