architect

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• UK: /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/
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• US: /ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 R K AH0 T EH2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: argitek — designer of buildings
• Albanian: mjeshtër i ndërtimit — designer of buildings
• Albanian: mjeshtëre e ndërtimit — designer of buildings
• Albanian: ndërtimtar — designer of buildings
• Albanian: ndërtimtare — designer of buildings
• Albanian: arkitekt — designer of buildings
• Albanian: arkitekte — designer of buildings
• Arabic: مِعْمَارِيّ (miʕmāriyy) — designer of buildings
• Arabic: مُهَنْدِس مِعْمَارِيّ (muhandis miʕmāriyy) — designer of buildings
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ (ardēḵlā) — designer of buildings
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪ̈ܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܹܐ (ardēḵlē) — designer of buildings
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܲܠܬܵܐ (ardēḵaltā) — designer of buildings
• Armenian: ճարտարապետ (čartarapet) — designer of buildings
• Asturian: arquiteutu — designer of buildings
• Asturian: arquitectu — designer of buildings
• Azerbaijani: memar — designer of buildings
• Azerbaijani: arxitektor — designer of buildings
• Azerbaijani: معمار (me'mār) — designer of buildings
• Basque: arkitekto — designer of buildings
• Belarusian: архітэ́ктар (arxitéktar) — designer of buildings
• Belarusian: архітэ́ктарка (arxitéktarka) — designer of buildings
• Bengali: স্থপতি (sthopoti) — designer of buildings
• Central Bikol: arkitekto — designer of buildings
• Bulgarian: архите́кт (arhitékt) — designer of buildings
• Bulgarian: архите́ктка (arhitéktka) — designer of buildings
• Burmese: ဗိသုကာ (bi.su.ka) — designer of buildings
• Catalan: arquitecte — designer of buildings
• Chinese Cantonese: 建築師 /建筑师 (gin3 zuk1 si1) — designer of buildings
• Chinese Cantonese: 設計師 /设计师 (cit3 gai3 si1) — designer of buildings
• Chinese: 建築師 /建筑师 (zh-min-nan) — designer of buildings
• Chinese: 設計師 /设计师 (zh-min-nan) — designer of buildings
• Chinese Mandarin: 建築師 /建筑师 (jiànzhúshī) — designer of buildings
• Chinese Mandarin: 設計師 /设计师 (shèjìshī) — designer of buildings
• Czech: architekt — designer of buildings
• Czech: architektka — designer of buildings
• Danish: arkitekt — designer of buildings
• Dutch: architect — designer of buildings
• Dutch: architecte — designer of buildings
• Dutch: bouwmeester — designer of buildings
• Esperanto: arĥitekto — designer of buildings
• Esperanto: arkitekto — designer of buildings
• Esperanto: arĥitekturisto — designer of buildings
• Esperanto: arkitekturisto — designer of buildings
• Estonian: arhitekt — designer of buildings
• Faroese: byggilistafólk — designer of buildings
• Finnish: arkkitehti — designer of buildings
• French: architecte — designer of buildings
• Galician: arquitecto — designer of buildings
• Galician: arquitecta — designer of buildings
• Georgian: არქიტექტორი (arkiṭekṭori) — designer of buildings
• Georgian: ხუროთმოძღვარი (xurotmoʒɣvari) — designer of buildings
• German: Architekt — designer of buildings
• German: Architektin — designer of buildings
• Greek: αρχιτέκτονας (architéktonas) — designer of buildings
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn) — designer of buildings
• Greenlandic: arkitekti — designer of buildings
• Haitian Creole: achitèk — designer of buildings
• Haitian Creole: achitekt — designer of buildings
• Hebrew: אַדְרִיכָל (adrikhál) — designer of buildings
• Hebrew: אדריכלית (adrikhalít) — designer of buildings
• Hiligaynon: arkitekto — designer of buildings
• Hindi: वास्तुकार (vāstukār) — designer of buildings
• Hungarian: (tervező) építész — designer of buildings
• Hungarian: építészmérnök — designer of buildings
• Icelandic: arkitekt — designer of buildings
• Indonesian: arsitek — designer of buildings
• Ingrian: arhitektori — designer of buildings
• Irish: ailtire — designer of buildings
• Italian: architetto — designer of buildings
• Italian: architetta — designer of buildings
• Japanese: 建築家 (kenchikuka) — designer of buildings
• Kazakh: сәулетші (säuletşı) — designer of buildings
• Khmer: អ្នកគូរប្លង់ (nĕək kuu plɑng) — designer of buildings
• Khmer: និម្មាបនិក (nimmiəpaʼnɨk) — designer of buildings
• Korean: 건축가 (geonchukga) — designer of buildings
• Northern Kurdish: mîmar — designer of buildings
• Kyrgyz: архитектор (arhitektor) — designer of buildings
• Kyrgyz: башкуруучу (başkuruucu) — designer of buildings
• Lao: ສະຖາປະນິກ (sa thā pa nik) — designer of buildings
• Latin: architectus — designer of buildings
• Latvian: arhitekts — designer of buildings
• Latvian: arhitekte — designer of buildings
• Lithuanian: architektas — designer of buildings
• Lithuanian: architektė — designer of buildings
• Macedonian: архитект (arhitekt) — designer of buildings
• Macedonian: архитектка (arhitektka) — designer of buildings
• Malay: arkitek — designer of buildings
• Malay: jurubina — designer of buildings
• Maltese: perit — designer of buildings
• Manx: ard-obbree — designer of buildings
• Mongolian: архитектор (arxitektor) — designer of buildings
• Norwegian Bokmål: arkitekt — designer of buildings
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arkitekt — designer of buildings
• Occitan: arquitècte — designer of buildings
• Pashto: معمار (me'mãr) — designer of buildings
• Iranian Persian: مِعْمار (me'mâr) — designer of buildings
• Iranian Persian: مِهْراز (mehrâz) — designer of buildings
• Phoenician: 𐤐𐤋𐤔 (plš) — designer of buildings
• Plautdietsch: Bümeista (Chortitza) — designer of buildings
• Polish: architekt — designer of buildings
• Polish: architektka — designer of buildings
• Portuguese: arquiteto — designer of buildings
• Portuguese: arquiteta — designer of buildings
• Punic: 𐤐𐤋𐤔 (plš) — designer of buildings
• Romanian: arhitect — designer of buildings
• Romanian: arhitectă — designer of buildings
• Russian: архите́ктор (arxitéktor) — designer of buildings
• Russian: архите́кторша (arxitéktorša) — designer of buildings
• Russian: архите́кторка (arxitéktorka) — designer of buildings
• Russian: зо́дчий (zódčij) — designer of buildings
• Sardinian: architetu — designer of buildings
• Scottish Gaelic: ailteir — designer of buildings
• Scottish Gaelic: ailtire — designer of buildings
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhadair thogalach — designer of buildings
• Serbo-Croatian: архѝтекта — designer of buildings
• Serbo-Croatian: архѝтект — designer of buildings
• Serbo-Croatian: arhìtekta — designer of buildings
• Serbo-Croatian: arhìtekt — designer of buildings
• Slovak: architekt — designer of buildings
• Slovak: architektka — designer of buildings
• Slovene: arhitekt — designer of buildings
• Spanish: arquitecto — designer of buildings
• Spanish: arquitecta — designer of buildings
• Swahili: msanifuujenzi — designer of buildings
• Swedish: arkitekt — designer of buildings
• Tagalog: arkitekto — designer of buildings
• Tajik: меъмор (me'mor) — designer of buildings
• Thai: สถาปนิก (sà-tǎa-bpà-ník) — designer of buildings
• Turkish: mimar — designer of buildings
• Ottoman Turkish: معمار (mi'mâr) — designer of buildings
• Turkmen: arhitektor — designer of buildings
• Ukrainian: архіте́ктор (arxitéktor) — designer of buildings
• Ukrainian: архіте́кторка (arxitéktorka) — designer of buildings
• Urdu: مِعْمار (mi'mār) — designer of buildings
• Urdu: اَرْکِیٹیکْٹ (arkīṭekṭ) — designer of buildings
• Uyghur: ئارخىتېكتور (arxitëktor) — designer of buildings
• Uyghur: بىناكار (binakar) — designer of buildings
• Uzbek: arxitektor — designer of buildings
• Uzbek: meʼmor — designer of buildings
• Vietnamese: kiến trúc sư — designer of buildings
• Volapük: bumavan — designer of buildings
• Volapük: hibumavan — designer of buildings
• Volapük: jibumavan — designer of buildings
• Welsh: pensaer — designer of buildings
• Yiddish: אַרכיטעקט (arkhitekt) — designer of buildings
• Albanian: arkitekt — planner
• Albanian: arkitekte — planner
• Chinese Mandarin: 締造者 /缔造者 (dìzàozhě) — planner
• Chinese Mandarin: 創造者 /创造者 (chuàngzàozhě) — planner
• Estonian: arhitekt — planner
• Estonian: kavandaja — planner
• Finnish: arkkitehti — planner
• Finnish: suunnittelija — planner
• Finnish: rakentaja — planner
• Greek: αρχιτέκτονας (architéktonas) — planner
• Italian: ideatore — planner
• Italian: ideatrice — planner
• Korean: 설계자 (seolgyeja) — planner
• Korean: 계획자 (gyehoekja) — planner
• Latin: architectus — planner
• Norwegian Bokmål: arkitekt — planner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arkitekt — planner
• Polish: architekt — planner
• Polish: architektka — planner
• Portuguese: arquiteto — planner
• Portuguese: arquiteta — planner
• Romanian: arhitect — planner
• Romanian: creator — planner
• Spanish: artífice — planner
• Tagalog: arkitekto — planner
• Chinese Mandarin: 設計 /设计 (shèjì) — to design, plan or orchestrate
• Chinese Mandarin: 打算 (dǎsuàn) — to design, plan or orchestrate
• Chinese Mandarin: 計劃 /计划 (jìhuà) — to design, plan or orchestrate
• Finnish: suunnitella — to design, plan or orchestrate
• French: architecturer — to design, plan or orchestrate
• Portuguese: arquitetar — to design, plan or orchestrate
• Romanian: arhitectura — to design, plan or orchestrate
• Romanian: concepe — to design, plan or orchestrate