noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/pɹækˈtɪʃənə/
US:/pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/
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CMU ARPABET:P R AE0 K T IH1 SH AH0 N ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:P R AE0 K T IH1 SH N ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: practician
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who does anything customarily or habitually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A sly or artful person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
someone who practices a learned profession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h2-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́ťťō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)der. Ancient Greek πρᾱγ- (prāg-) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós)der. Latin prācticusder. Middle French practique Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French practicienbor. English practician Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English practitioner Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُمَارِس
(mumāris)
— person who practices a profession or art
Dutch:
beoefenaar
— person who practices a profession or art
Esperanto:
isto
— person who practices a profession or art
Esperanto:
profesiulo
— person who practices a profession or art
Esperanto:
praktikisto
— person who practices a profession or art
Finnish:
ammatinharjoittaja
— person who practices a profession or art
Finnish:
-harjoittaja
— person who practices a profession or art
Finnish:
ammattilainen
— person who practices a profession or art
Finnish:
praktikko
— person who practices a profession or art
French:
praticien
— person who practices a profession or art
Middle French:
practicien
— person who practices a profession or art
German:
Praktiker
— person who practices a profession or art
German:
Fachmann
— person who practices a profession or art
Hindi:
साधक
(sādhak)
— person who practices a profession or art
Hindi:
व्यवसायी
(vyavsāyī)
— person who practices a profession or art
Indonesian:
praktisi
— person who practices a profession or art
Italian:
professionista
— person who practices a profession or art
Italian:
praticante
— person who practices a profession or art
Korean:
전문직 종사자
(jeonmunjik jongsaja)
— person who practices a profession or art
Latin:
exercitator
— person who practices a profession or art
Latin:
exercitatrix
— person who practices a profession or art
Malay:
pengamal
— person who practices a profession or art
Māori:
kaiwhakamahereora
— person who practices a profession or art
Norwegian Bokmål:
utøver
— person who practices a profession or art
Persian:
پراتیسین
(prâtisian)
— person who practices a profession or art
Polish:
praktyk
— person who practices a profession or art
Polish:
praktyczka
— person who practices a profession or art
Portuguese:
praticante
— person who practices a profession or art
Romanian:
practician
— person who practices a profession or art
Romanian:
practiciană
— person who practices a profession or art
Spanish:
practicante
— person who practices a profession or art
Spanish:
practicanta
— person who practices a profession or art
Spanish:
practicador
— person who practices a profession or art
Spanish:
profesionista
— person who practices a profession or art