architect

English

An architect at a drawing board.

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ARCHITECTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tetḱ-#ARCHITECT

From Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#ARCHITECT architecte, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ARCHITECT architectus, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ARCHITECT ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, master builder), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, chief) + τέκτων (téktōn, builder). By surface analysis, archi- + -tectCategory:English terms prefixed with archi-#TECTCategory:English terms suffixed with -tect#ARCHITECT.

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Noun

architect (plural architects)Category:English lemmas#ARCHITECTCategory:English nouns#ARCHITECTCategory:English countable nouns#ARCHITECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARCHITECTCategory:Pages with entries#ARCHITECTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ARCHITECT

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  1. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
    Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
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    • 2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times:
      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.
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  2. A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
    Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.Category:English terms with usage examples#ARCHITECT
  3. (PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#ARCHITECT) An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.

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architect (third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)Category:English lemmas#ARCHITECTCategory:English verbs#ARCHITECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARCHITECTCategory:Pages with entries#ARCHITECTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ARCHITECT

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ARCHITECT) To design, plan, or orchestrate.
    He architected the military coup against the government.Category:English terms with usage examples#ARCHITECT
    • 1857, Mary Andrews Denison, Gracie Amber:
      Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.
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    • 1894 December 14, The Electrical Review, volume 35, page 720:
      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.
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Dutch

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An architect at a drawing board.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Middle French#ARCHITECTCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle French#ARCHITECT architecte, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#ARCHITECT architectus, from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#ARCHITECT ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn).

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Noun

architect m (plural architecten, diminutive architectje n, feminine architecte)Category:Dutch lemmas#ARCHITECTCategory:Dutch nouns#ARCHITECTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#ARCHITECTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ARCHITECTCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#ARCHITECTCategory:Pages with entries#ARCHITECTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ARCHITECT

  1. architect
    Synonym: bouwmeester

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