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designer of buildings:
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Examples

170 sentences

  1. A famous architect built this house.

    Цей будинок побудував відомий архитектор. — deniko

    ruЭтот дом построил известный архитектор. — sharptoothed

    deEin berühmter Architekt hat dieses Haus gebaut. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I'm going to be an architect.

    Я буду архітектором. — deniko

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  3. Tom plans to become an architect.

    Том планує стати архітектором. — deniko

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Meaning

3 senses

  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.

    Architekt, Architektin

    архите́кторarxitéktor, архите́кторшаarxitéktorša, архите́кторкаarxitéktorka

    архіте́кторarxitéktor, архіте́кторкаarxitéktorka

    someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

  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.

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

Origin

From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkh

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.

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Forms

plural: architects
Singulararchitect
Pluralarchitects

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings):designer

Word family

11 related words
RelatedarchitectureA2
Derivedbusiness architectcoarchitectecoarchitectlandscape architectmicroarchitectnaval architectnonarchitectsoftware architectstarchitectsubarchitect

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
archetypeC2archipelagoarchitecturalarchitectureA2architravearchive

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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