English-French translations for building block

• brique
  La charte est purement et simplement une brique ajoutée à la construction de l'État fédéral européen. The Charter is purely and simply a building block for an EU federal state.
  Je sais qu'il sait que le Parlement compte sur lui et lui apportera son soutien pour mettre en place ces briques auxquelles il tient et auquel nous tenons. I know that he knows that Parliament is relying on him and will support him in putting in place these building blocks that are so dear both to him and to us.
  Bien que le résultat ne soit pas parfait, l'édifice que vous avez construit est robuste: le toit ne fuira pas tant que les briques du progrès seront cimentées par le mortier de la détermination. While the result is not flawless, the edifice you have built is sturdy: the roof should not leak as long as the building blocks of progress are cemented by the mortar of determination.
• cube
• synthon

Definition of building block

• A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone
• A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure

Examples

• Words are the building blocks of a language.
• Cells are the building blocks of life.

Related words

• building
• rebuilding
• bodybuilding
• buildings
• outbuilding
• shipbuilding
• nation-building
• boatbuilding
• worldbuilding
• wordbuilding