adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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sī'-ki-ătʹ-rĭk
/ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.ɹɪk/
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rhymes with -ætɹɪk
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to, psychiatry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person who has a psychiatric disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
psychiatric disorder
psychiatric hospital
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychiatrical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From psychiatry + -ic or psych- + -iatric.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
siquiátricu
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Belarusian:
псіхіятры́чны
(psixijatrýčny)
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Bulgarian:
психиатричен
(psihiatričen)
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Catalan:
psiquiàtric
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Czech:
psychiatrický
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Danish:
psykiatrisk
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Dutch:
psychiatrisch
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Estonian:
psühhiaatriline
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Finnish:
psykiatrinen
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
French:
psychiatrique
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Galician:
psiquiátrico
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
German:
psychiatrisch
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Greek:
ψυχιατρικός
(psychiatrikós)
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Hungarian:
pszichiátriai
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Ido:
psikiatriala
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Interlingua:
psychiatric
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Italian:
psichiatrico
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Kazakh:
психиатриялық
(psixiatriälyq)
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Latvian:
psihiatrisks
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Polish:
psychiatryczny
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Portuguese:
psiquiátrico
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Russian:
психиатри́ческий
(psixiatríčeskij)
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Spanish:
psiquiátrico
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Swedish:
psykiatrisk
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Turkish:
psikiyatrik
— of, or relating to, psychiatry
Ukrainian:
психіатри́чний
(psyxiatrýčnyj)
— of, or relating to, psychiatry