English Explanatory Dictionary

architect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
  2. A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
  3. An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
verb
  1. To design, plan, or orchestrate.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/ /ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/ en-us-architect.ogg

Word forms

architect architects architecting architected

Etymology

From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”). By surface analysis, archi- + -tect.

Synonyms

architector

Related words

architecture

Derived words

business architect coarchitect ecoarchitect every man is the architect of his own fortune landscape architect microarchitect naval architect nonarchitect software architect starchitect subarchitect rearchitect

Translations

Afrikaans: argitek Albanian: mjeshtër i ndërtimit Albanian: mjeshtëre e ndërtimit Albanian: ndërtimtar Albanian: ndërtimtare Albanian: arkitekt Albanian: arkitekte Arabic: مِعْمَارِيّ Arabic: مُهَنْدِس مِعْمَارِيّ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪ̈ܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܹܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܲܠܬܵܐ Armenian: ճարտարապետ Asturian: arquiteutu Asturian: arquitectu Azerbaijani: memar Azerbaijani: arxitektor Azerbaijani: معمار Basque: arkitekto Belarusian: архітэ́ктар Belarusian: архітэ́ктарка Bengali: স্থপতি Central Bikol: arkitekto Bulgarian: архите́кт Bulgarian: архите́ктка Burmese: ဗိသုကာ Catalan: arquitecte Chinese Cantonese: 建築師 /建筑师 Chinese Cantonese: 設計師 /设计师 Chinese: 建築師 /建筑师 Chinese: 設計師 /设计师 Chinese Mandarin: 建築師 /建筑师 Chinese Mandarin: 設計師 /设计师 Czech: architekt Czech: architektka Danish: arkitekt Dutch: architect Dutch: architecte Dutch: bouwmeester Esperanto: arĥitekto Esperanto: arkitekto Esperanto: arĥitekturisto Esperanto: arkitekturisto Estonian: arhitekt Faroese: byggilistafólk Finnish: arkkitehti French: architecte Galician: arquitecto Galician: arquitecta Georgian: არქიტექტორი Georgian: ხუროთმოძღვარი German: Architekt German: Architektin Greek: αρχιτέκτονας Ancient Greek: ἀρχιτέκτων Greenlandic: arkitekti Haitian Creole: achitèk Haitian Creole: achitekt Hebrew: אַדְרִיכָל Hebrew: אדריכלית Hiligaynon: arkitekto Hindi: वास्तुकार Hungarian: (tervező) építész Hungarian: építészmérnök Icelandic: arkitekt Indonesian: arsitek Ingrian: arhitektori Irish: ailtire
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