architect

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/

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Noun

architect (plural architects)

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2. 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.

   • 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.

3. A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.

   Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

   • 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

4. (Philippines) An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.

Synonyms

• architector (obsolete)

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• architecture

Translations

designer of buildings

Afrikaans: argitek (af) Albanian: mjeshtër i ndërtimit (sq), mjeshtëre e ndërtimit, ndërtimtar (sq) m, ndërtimtare f, arkitekt (sq) m, arkitekte (sq) f Arabic: مِعْمَارِيّ m (miʕmāriyy), مُهَنْدِس مِعْمَارِيّ m (muhandis miʕmāriyy) Armenian: ճարտարապետ (hy) (čartarapet) Asturian: arquiteutu (ast) m, arquitectu (ast) m Azerbaijani: memar (az), arxitektor Abjad: معمار (me'mār) Basque: arkitekto (eu) Belarusian: архітэ́ктар m (arxitéktar), архітэ́ктарка f (arxitéktarka) Bengali: স্থপতি (bn) (sthopoti) Bikol Central: arkitekto Bulgarian: архите́кт m (arhitékt), архите́ктка f (arhitéktka) Burmese: ဗိသုကာ (my) (bi.su.ka) Catalan: arquitecte (ca) m or f Chinese: Cantonese: 建築師 / 建筑师 (gin3 zuk1 si1), 設計師 / 设计师 (cit3 gai3 si1) Hokkien: 建築師 / 建筑师 (zh-min-nan) (kiàn-tio̍k-su), 設計師 / 设计师 (zh-min-nan) (siat-kè-su) Mandarin: 建築師 / 建筑师 (zh) (jiànzhúshī), 設計師 / 设计师 (zh) (shèjìshī) Czech: architekt (cs) m, architektka f Danish: arkitekt (da) c Dutch: architect (nl) m, architecte (nl) f, bouwmeester (nl) m Esperanto: arĥitekto, arkitekto, arĥitekturisto, arkitekturisto Estonian: arhitekt (et) Faroese: byggilistafólk n Finnish: arkkitehti (fi) French: architecte (fr) m or f Galician: arquitecto (gl) m, arquitecta f Georgian: არქიტექტორი (arkiṭekṭori), ხუროთმოძღვარი (xurotmoʒɣvari) German: Architekt (de) m, Architektin (de) f Greek: αρχιτέκτονας (el) m or f (architéktonas) Ancient: ἀρχιτέκτων m (arkhitéktōn) Greenlandic: arkitekti Haitian Creole: achitèk, achitekt Hebrew: אַדְרִיכָל (he) m (adrikhál), אדריכלית f (adrikhalít) Hiligaynon: arkitekto Hindi: वास्तुकार m (vāstukār) Hungarian: (tervező) építész, építészmérnök (hu) Icelandic: arkitekt (is) m Indonesian: arsitek (id) Ingrian: arhitektori Irish: ailtire m Italian: architetto (it) m, architetta (it) f Japanese: 建築家 (ja) (けんちくか, kenchikuka) Kazakh: сәулетші (säuletşı) Khmer: អ្នកគូរប្លង់ (nĕək kuu plɑng), និម្មាបនិក (km) (nɨmmiəpaʼnɨk) Korean: 건축가(建築家) (ko) (geonchukga) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: mîmar (ku) Kyrgyz: архитектор (ky) (arhitektor), башкуруучу (başkuruucu) Lao: ສະຖາປະນິກ (sa thā pa nik) Latin: architectus m Latvian: arhitekts m, arhitekte f Lithuanian: architektas m, architektė f Macedonian: архитект m (arhitekt), архитектка f (arhitektka) Malay: arkitek, jurubina (ms) Maltese: perit m Manx: ard-obbree m Mongolian: Cyrillic: архитектор (arxitektor) Northern Sami: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: arkitekt m Nynorsk: arkitekt m Occitan: arquitècte (oc) m Ottoman Turkish: معمار (mi'mâr) Pashto: معمار m (me'mãr) Persian: Iranian Persian: مِعْمار (me'mâr), مِهْراز (mehrâz) Phoenician: 𐤐𐤋𐤔 m (plš) Plautdietsch: Bümeista m (Chortitza) Polish: architekt (pl) m or f, architektka (pl) f Portuguese: arquiteto (pt) m, arquiteta (pt) f Punic: 𐤐𐤋𐤔 m (plš) Romanian: arhitect (ro) m, arhitectă (ro) f Russian: архите́ктор (ru) m (arxitéktor) (male or female), архите́кторша (ru) f (arxitéktorša) (the female form is colloquial), архите́кторка f (arxitéktorka) (uncommon or new female form), зо́дчий (ru) m (zódčij) Sardinian: architetu m Scottish Gaelic: ailteir m, ailtire m, dealbhadair thogalach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: архѝтекта m, архѝтект m Roman: arhìtekta (sh) m, arhìtekt (sh) m Slovak: architekt (sk) m, architektka f Slovene: arhitekt (sl) m Spanish: arquitecto (es), arquitecta f Swahili: msanifuujenzi Swedish: arkitekt (sv) c Tagalog: arkitekto Tajik: меъмор (me'mor) Thai: สถาปนิก (sà-tǎa-bpà-ník) Turkish: mimar (tr) Turkmen: arhitektor (tk) Ukrainian: архіте́ктор (uk) m (arxitéktor), архіте́кторка f (arxitéktorka) Urdu: مِعْمار m (mi'mār), اَرْکِیٹیکْٹ m (arkīṭekṭ) Uyghur: ئارخىتېكتور (arxitëktor), بىناكار (binakar) Uzbek: arxitektor (uz), meʼmor (uz) Vietnamese: kiến trúc sư (vi) (建築師) Volapük: (epicene) bumavan (vo), (male) hibumavan, (female) jibumavan Welsh: pensaer (cy) m Yiddish: אַרכיטעקט m (arkhitekt)

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Albanian: arkitekt (sq) m, arkitekte (sq) f Chinese: Mandarin: 締造者 / 缔造者 (zh) (dìzàozhě), 創造者 / 创造者 (zh) (chuàngzàozhě) Estonian: arhitekt (et), kavandaja Finnish: arkkitehti (fi), suunnittelija (fi), rakentaja (fi) Greek: αρχιτέκτονας (el) m or f (architéktonas) Italian: ideatore (it) m, ideatrice (it) f Korean: 설계자(設計者) (ko) (seolgyeja), 계획자(計劃者) (gyehoekja) Latin: architectus m Norwegian: Bokmål: arkitekt m Nynorsk: arkitekt m Polish: architekt (pl) m or f, architektka (pl) f Portuguese: arquiteto (pt) m, arquiteta (pt) f Romanian: arhitect (ro) m, creator (ro) m Spanish: artífice (es) m or f Tagalog: arkitekto

Verb

architect (third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)

1. (transitive) To design, plan, or orchestrate.

   He architected the military coup against the government.

   • 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.

   • 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.

Derived terms

• rearchitect

Translations

to design, plan or orchestrate

Chinese: Mandarin: 設計 / 设计 (zh) (shèjì), 打算 (zh) (dǎsuàn), 計劃 / 计划 (zh) (jìhuà) Finnish: suunnitella (fi) French: architecturer (fr) Portuguese: arquitetar (pt) Romanian: arhitectura, concepe (ro)

Dutch

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architect

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑrxiˈtɛkt/, /ˌɑrʃiˈtɛkt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧tect
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

architect m (plural architecten, diminutive architectje n, feminine architecte)

1. architect

   Synonym: bouwmeester

Derived terms

• architectenbureau
• binnenhuisarchitect
• landschapsarchitect
• softwarearchitect
• tuinarchitect

Related terms

• architectonisch
• architectuur

Descendants

• Afrikaans: argitek
• → Indonesian: arsitèk
• → Javanese: ꦲꦂꦱꦶꦠꦺꦒ꧀ (arsitèg)
• → Papiamentu: arshitèkt, architect