English Explanatory Dictionary

architecture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
  2. Any particular style of building design.
  3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
  4. A unifying structure.
  5. A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
  6. A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
  7. The structure and design of a system or product.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/ /ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ en-us-architecture.ogg /ˈaː.kɪˌtek.t͡ʃə/

Word forms

architecture architectures

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχῐ- (ărkhĭ-) Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō Proto-Hellenic *téktōn Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor. Latin architectus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin architectūralbor. French architecturebor. English architecture Borrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect”, literally “arch builder, ext. chief builder, principal craftsman”).

Derived words

advertecture angioarchitecture aquatecture architect architectonic architectural architectured architecturesque architextuality architourism architourist arcology astroarchitecture barkitecture bioarchitecture biotecture blobitecture chemoarchitecture cytoarchitecture dearchitecturization duplitecture ecoarchitecture ecotecture hepatoarchitecture histoarchitecture hostile architecture immunoarchitecture instruction set architecture macroarchitecture marchitecture marketecture multiarchitecture mycotecture myeloarchitecture myoarchitecture nanoarchitecture neuroarchitecture nonarchitecture oyster-tecture parkitecture rearchitecture starchitecture subarchitecture synaptoarchitecture xenoarchitecture
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