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electrician

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
  • UK: /ˌɛlɪkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
  • UK: /ˌiːlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
  • US: /əˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
  • US: /iˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 L EH0 K T R IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A scientist who studies electricity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lineman, linesman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

Narrower terms: gaffer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English electrician From electric + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: elektrisiën — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Arabic: كَهْرَبَائِيّ (kahrabāʔiyy) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Arabic: كَهْرَبَائِيَّة (kahrabāʔiyya) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Arabic: كهربچي (kəhrəbči) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Arabic: كهربائي (kahrabāʔi) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Arabic: كهربجي (kahrabji) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Armenian: էլեկտրիկ (ēlektrik) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Azerbaijani: elektrikçi — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Belarusian: эле́ктрык (eljéktryk) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Belarusian: электраманцёр (eljektramancjór) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Belarusian: электратэ́хнік (eljektratéxnik) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Breton: tredaner — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Bulgarian: електротехни́к (elektrotehník) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Bulgarian: електрича́р (električár) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Catalan: electricista — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Chinese: 電工 /电工 (tiān-kang) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電工 /电工 (diàngōng) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Cornish: tredaner — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Cornish: tredanores — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Czech: elektrikář — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Czech: elektrotechnik — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Danish: elektriker — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Dutch: elektricien — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Finnish: sähköasentaja — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Finnish: sähkömies — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • French: électricien — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • French: électricienne — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Galician: electricista — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Georgian: ელექტრიკოსი (elekṭriḳosi) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • German: Elektriker — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • German: Elektrikerin — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Greek: ηλεκτρολόγος (ilektrológos) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Hebrew: חַשְׁמַלַּאי (khashmaláy) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Hindi: बिजलीवाला (bijlīvālā) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Hindi: बिजली मिस्त्री (bijlī mistrī) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Hungarian: villanyszerelő — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Indonesian: tukang listrik — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Irish: leictreoir — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Italian: elettricista — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Japanese: 電気技師 (denki gishi) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Japanese: 電気工 (denkikō) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Japanese: 電工 (denkō) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Kazakh: электрші (élektrşı) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Khmer: ជាងអគ្គីសនី (ciəng ʼakkisaʼnii) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Khmer: ជាងភ្លើង (ciəng phləəng) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Korean: 전기 기사 (jeon'gi gisa) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Korean: 전공 (jeon'gong) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Kyrgyz: электрик (elektrik) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Kyrgyz: электрчи (elektrci) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Lao: ຊ່າງໄຟຟ້າ (sāng fai fā) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Latin: ēlectricista — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Latin: ēlectriciānus — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Latin: ēlectriciāna — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Macedonian: електричар (električar) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Malay: juruelektrik — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Maltese: elektrixin — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Māori: kaiaka hiko — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Māori: mataaro hiko — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Marathi: इलेक्ट्रिशियन (ilekṭriśiyan) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Mongolian: цахилгаанчин (caxilgaančin) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Mongolian: цахилгаанч (caxilgaanč) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Mongolian: цахилгааны ажилчин (caxilgaany ažilčin) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨᠴᠢᠨ (čaqilɣančin) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨᠴᠢ (čaqilɣanči) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠠᠵᠢᠯᠴᠢᠨ (čaqilɣan-ü aǰilčin) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii hooghan yiiʼ neiłtʼiʼí — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elektriker — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elektrikar — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Occitan: electrician — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Persian: برقکار (barq-kâr) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Polish: elektryk — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Polish: elektryczka — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Portuguese: eletricista — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲੀ ਮਿਸਤਰੀ (bijlī mistarī) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Romanian: electrician — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Romanian: electriciană — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Russian: эле́ктрик (eléktrik) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Russian: электромонтёр (elektromontjór) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Russian: электроте́хник (elektrotéxnik) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealanair — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Serbo-Croatian: елѐктрича̄р — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Serbo-Croatian: elèktričār — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Slovak: elektrikár — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Slovak: elektrotechnik — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Slovene: električar — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Lower Sorbian: elektrikaŕ — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Lower Sorbian: elektrikarka — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Spanish: electricista — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Swedish: elektriker — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Tagalog: mandadagitab — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Tajik: электрик (elektrik) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Tatar: электрчы (elektrçı) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Thai: ช่างไฟฟ้า (châang-fai-fáa) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Turkish: elektrikçi — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Ukrainian: еле́ктрик (eléktryk) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Ukrainian: електромонте́р (elektromontér) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Ukrainian: електроте́хнік (elektrotéxnik) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Uzbek: elektrik — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Vietnamese: thợ điện — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Vietnamese: thợ sửa điện — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Welsh: trydanwr — tradesman who works with electrical equipment
  • Yiddish: עלעקטריקער (elektriker) — tradesman who works with electrical equipment