prefabricated

English

Etymology 1

pre- +‎ fabricated

Adjective

prefabricated (not comparable)

manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site
A prefabricated home
invented in advance
They both told the police a prefabricated version of events.

Synonyms

prefab

Derived terms

non-prefabricated

Related terms

Translations

manufactured in advance

Danish: præfabrikeret
Finnish: valmis (fi)
German: vorgefertigt (de)
Italian: prefabbricato (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prefabrikkert

Nynorsk: prefabrikkert
Spanish: prefabricado

invented in advance

Finnish: keksitty (fi)

Etymology 2

prefabricate +‎ -ed

Verb

prefabricated

simple past and past participle of prefabricate

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