architect
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Inflected forms:
form: architects
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: architects
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: architecting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: architected
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: architected
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
pos: noun
examples: Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.
gloss: A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
pos: noun
examples: Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.
gloss: An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
gloss: To design, plan, or orchestrate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He architected the military coup against the government.
Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.
It is interesting to record that the excavating and the laying of the pipes for the mains have been done by the Corporation employés under the supervision and control of Mr. Harpur, the borough engineer, who, by the way, architected the station.
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
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: argitek
lang: Albanian
word: mjeshtër i ndërtimit
lang: Albanian
word: mjeshtëre e ndërtimit
lang: Albanian
word: ndërtimtar
lang: Albanian
word: ndërtimtare
lang: Albanian
word: arkitekt
lang: Albanian
word: arkitekte
lang: Arabic
word: مِعْمَارِيّ
roman: miʕmāriyy
lang: Arabic
word: مُهَنْدِس مِعْمَارِيّ
roman: muhandis miʕmāriyy
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ
roman: ardēḵlā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܲܪ̈ܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܹܐ
roman: ardēḵlē
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܲܠܬܵܐ
roman: ardēḵaltā
lang: Armenian
word: ճարտարապետ
roman: čartarapet
lang: Asturian
word: arquiteutu
lang: Asturian
word: arquitectu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: memar
lang: Azerbaijani
word: arxitektor
lang: Azerbaijani
word: معمار
roman: me'mār
lang: Basque
word: arkitekto
lang: Belarusian
word: архітэ́ктар
roman: arxitéktar
lang: Belarusian
word: архітэ́ктарка
roman: arxitéktarka
lang: Bengali
word: স্থপতি
roman: sthopoti
lang: Central Bikol
word: arkitekto
lang: Bulgarian
word: архите́кт
roman: arhitékt
lang: Bulgarian
word: архите́ктка
roman: arhitéktka
lang: Burmese
word: ဗိသုကာ
roman: bi.su.ka
lang: Catalan
word: arquitecte
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 建築師 /建筑师
roman: gin³ zuk¹ si¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 設計師 /设计师
roman: cit³ gai³ si¹
lang: Chinese
word: 建築師 /建筑师
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 設計師 /设计师
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 建築師 /建筑师
roman: jiànzhúshī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 設計師 /设计师
roman: shèjìshī
lang: Czech
word: architekt
lang: Czech
word: architektka
lang: Danish
word: arkitekt
lang: Dutch
word: architect
lang: Dutch
word: architecte
lang: Dutch
word: bouwmeester
lang: Esperanto
word: arĥitekto
lang: Esperanto
word: arkitekto
lang: Esperanto
word: arĥitekturisto
lang: Esperanto
word: arkitekturisto
lang: Estonian
word: arhitekt
lang: Faroese
word: byggilistafólk
lang: Finnish
word: arkkitehti
lang: French
word: architecte
lang: Galician
word: arquitecto
lang: Galician
word: arquitecta
lang: Georgian
word: არქიტექტორი
roman: arkiṭekṭori
lang: Georgian
word: ხუროთმოძღვარი
roman: xurotmoʒɣvari
lang: German
word: Architekt
lang: German
word: Architektin
lang: Greek
word: αρχιτέκτονας
roman: architéktonas
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀρχιτέκτων
roman: arkhitéktōn
lang: Greenlandic
word: arkitekti
lang: Haitian Creole
word: achitèk
lang: Haitian Creole
word: achitekt
lang: Hebrew
word: אַדְרִיכָל
roman: adrikhál
lang: Hebrew
word: אדריכלית
roman: adrikhalít
lang: Hiligaynon
word: arkitekto
lang: Hindi
word: वास्तुकार
roman: vāstukār
lang: Hungarian
word: (tervező) építész
lang: Hungarian
word: építészmérnök
lang: Icelandic
word: arkitekt
lang: Indonesian
word: arsitek
lang: Ingrian
word: arhitektori
lang: Irish
word: ailtire
lang: Italian
word: architetto
lang: Italian
word: architetta
lang: Japanese
word: 建築家
roman: kenchikuka
lang: Kazakh
word: сәулетші
roman: säuletşı
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នកគូរប្លង់
roman: nĕək kuu plɑng
lang: Khmer
word: និម្មាបនិក
roman: nimmiəpaʼnɨk
lang: Korean
word: 건축가
roman: geonchukga
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mîmar
lang: Kyrgyz
word: архитектор
roman: arhitektor
lang: Kyrgyz
word: башкуруучу
roman: başkuruucu
lang: Lao
word: ສະຖາປະນິກ
roman: sa thā pa nik
lang: Latin
word: architectus
lang: Latvian
word: arhitekts
lang: Latvian
word: arhitekte
lang: Lithuanian
word: architektas
lang: Lithuanian
word: architektė
lang: Macedonian
word: архитект
roman: arhitekt
lang: Macedonian
word: архитектка
roman: arhitektka
lang: Malay
word: arkitek
lang: Malay
word: jurubina
lang: Maltese
word: perit
lang: Manx
word: ard-obbree
lang: Mongolian
word: архитектор
roman: arxitektor
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: arkitekt
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: arkitekt
lang: Occitan
word: arquitècte
lang: Pashto
word: معمار
roman: me'mãr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مِعْمار
roman: me'mâr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مِهْراز
roman: mehrâz
lang: Phoenician
word: 𐤐𐤋𐤔
roman: plš
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Bümeista (Chortitza)
lang: Polish
word: architekt
lang: Polish
word: architektka
lang: Portuguese
word: arquiteto
lang: Portuguese
word: arquiteta
lang: Punic
word: 𐤐𐤋𐤔
roman: plš
lang: Romanian
word: arhitect
lang: Romanian
word: arhitectă
lang: Russian
word: архите́ктор
roman: arxitéktor
lang: Russian
word: архите́кторша
roman: arxitéktorša
lang: Russian
word: архите́кторка
roman: arxitéktorka
lang: Russian
word: зо́дчий
roman: zódčij
lang: Sardinian
word: architetu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ailteir
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ailtire
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dealbhadair thogalach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: архѝтекта
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: архѝтект
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: arhìtekta
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: arhìtekt
lang: Slovak
word: architekt
lang: Slovak
word: architektka
lang: Slovene
word: arhitekt
lang: Spanish
word: arquitecto
lang: Spanish
word: arquitecta
lang: Swahili
word: msanifuujenzi
lang: Swedish
word: arkitekt
lang: Tagalog
word: arkitekto
lang: Tajik
word: меъмор
roman: me'mor
lang: Thai
word: สถาปนิก
roman: sà-tǎa-bpà-ník
lang: Turkish
word: mimar
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: معمار
roman: mi'mâr
lang: Turkmen
word: arhitektor
lang: Ukrainian
word: архіте́ктор
roman: arxitéktor
lang: Ukrainian
word: архіте́кторка
roman: arxitéktorka
lang: Urdu
word: مِعْمار
roman: mi'mār
lang: Urdu
word: اَرْکِیٹیکْٹ
roman: arkīṭekṭ
lang: Uyghur
word: ئارخىتېكتور
roman: arxitëktor
lang: Uyghur
word: بىناكار
roman: binakar
lang: Uzbek
word: arxitektor
lang: Uzbek
word: meʼmor
lang: Vietnamese
word: kiến trúc sư
lang: Volapük
word: bumavan
lang: Volapük
word: hibumavan
lang: Volapük
word: jibumavan
lang: Welsh
word: pensaer
lang: Yiddish
word: אַרכיטעקט
roman: arkhitekt