high-rise

See also: highrise

English

Alternative forms

highrise

Etymology

high +‎ rise

Noun

high-rise (plural high-rises)

A tall building, one of many stories.

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
Hungarian: toronyház (hu)

Japanese: 高層ビル (kōsō-biru)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høyhus n, høghus n

Nynorsk: høghus n
Polish: wysokościowiec m inan, wieżowiec (pl) m inan
Russian: высо́тное зда́ние (vysótnoje zdánije), многоэта́жное зда́ние (mnogoetážnoje zdánije), высо́тка (ru) (vysótka), муравейник (ru) m (muravejnik) (colloquial)
Swedish: höghus (sv) n

Adjective

high-rise (not comparable)

Of clothing: designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips.
high-rise jeans

See also

high-riser

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