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psychiatric

adj · 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.

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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
Real reading context

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