Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.

    IT-ler

    компью́терщикkompʹjúterščik, айти́шникajtíšnik

  2. (informal)A person who works on the technical side of events.

    a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom is a techie.

    Том технар. — deniko

  2. He's a techie.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
One works with or has an interest in technology or computers:
Deutsch
One works with or has an interest in technology or computers:

Origin

From tech + -ie (q.v.). Compare techy and yuppie.

From tech + -ie (q.v.). Compare techy and yuppie.

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Forms

plural: techies
Singulartechie
Pluraltechies

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing):tekki

Word family

1 related words
Derivednontechie

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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