le chantier
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., l’homme, le soleil).
a. construction site
À côté de la gare, il y a un chantier qui n'a pas avancé depuis cinq ans.Next to the train station, there's a construction site that hasn't advanced in five years.
b. building site (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom.
L'architecte s'est rendu sur le chantier pour vérifier l'avancement du projet.The architect went to the building site to check on the project's progress.
2. (colloquial) (untidiness)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. mess
C'est quoi, ce chantier ? Zoé, tu vas immédiatement ranger ta chambre.What's with all this mess? Zoé, you're going to clean up your room right now.
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