Standard Lemma guide

technician

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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  • tĕk-nĭsh'ən
  • /tɛkˈnɪʃən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T EH0 K N IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The lift technician found the reason the lift wasn't working.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tech, techie, technologist

Antonyms: Luddite

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

Narrower terms: animator, dental technician, denturist, soundman, techie, tekki, webmaster

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expert

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English technic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English technician From technic + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: teknik — occupation
  • Amharic: ቴክኒሺያን (teknišiyan) — occupation
  • Arabic: تِقْنِيّ (tiqniyy) — occupation
  • Arabic: فَنِّيّ (fanniyy) — occupation
  • Armenian: տեխնիկ (texnik) — occupation
  • Azerbaijani: texnik — occupation
  • Basque: teknikari — occupation
  • Belarusian: тэ́хнік (téxnik) — occupation
  • Bengali: যন্ত্রবিৎ (jontrobit) — occupation
  • Bulgarian: техни́к (tehník) — occupation
  • Bulgarian: техни́чка (tehníčka) — occupation
  • Catalan: tècnic — occupation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 技術員 /技术员 (jìshùyuán) — occupation
  • Czech: technik — occupation
  • Czech: technička — occupation
  • Danish: tekniker — occupation
  • Dutch: technicus — occupation
  • Dutch: technieker — occupation
  • Esperanto: teĥnikisto — occupation
  • Esperanto: teknikisto — occupation
  • Estonian: tehnik — occupation
  • Finnish: teknikko — occupation
  • French: technicien — occupation
  • French: technicienne — occupation
  • Georgian: ტექნიკოსი (ṭekniḳosi) — occupation
  • German: Techniker — occupation
  • German: Technikerin — occupation
  • Greek: τεχνικός (technikós) — occupation
  • Hebrew: טֶכְנַאי (tekhnaí) — occupation
  • Hindi: तकनीशियन (taknīśiyan) — occupation
  • Hindi: यंत्रविद् (yantravid) — occupation
  • Hungarian: műszerész — occupation
  • Hungarian: technikus — occupation
  • Hungarian: laboráns — occupation
  • Hungarian: szerelő — occupation
  • Indonesian: teknisi — occupation
  • Irish: teicneoir — occupation
  • Italian: tecnico — occupation
  • Japanese: 技術者 (gijutsu-sha) — occupation
  • Japanese: テクニシャン (tekunishan) — occupation
  • Kazakh: техник (texnik) — occupation
  • Khmer: អ្នកបច្ចេកទេស (nĕək pacceekaʼteih) — occupation
  • Korean: 기술자 (gisulja) — occupation
  • Korean: 엔진이어 (enjinieo) — occupation
  • Northern Kurdish: teknîker — occupation
  • Kyrgyz: техник (tehnik) — occupation
  • Lao: ນາຍຊ່າງ (nāi sāng) — occupation
  • Latvian: tehniķis — occupation
  • Latvian: tehniķe — occupation
  • Lithuanian: technikas — occupation
  • Lithuanian: technikė — occupation
  • Macedonian: техничар (tehničar) — occupation
  • Macedonian: техничарка (tehničarka) — occupation
  • Malay: juruteknik — occupation
  • Maltese: teknixin — occupation
  • Māori: kaihangarau — occupation
  • Māori: ringapū — occupation
  • Mongolian: техникч (texnikč) — occupation
  • Mongolian: ᠲ᠋ᠧᠻᠨᠢᠭᠴᠢ (tēknigči) — occupation
  • Norman: technicien — occupation
  • Norman: technicienne — occupation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tekniker — occupation
  • Pashto: ټکنيشن (ṭaknešán) — occupation
  • Persian: تکنیسین (teknisyan) — occupation
  • Polish: technik — occupation
  • Polish: techniczka — occupation
  • Portuguese: técnico — occupation
  • Romanian: tehnician — occupation
  • Romanian: tehniciană — occupation
  • Russian: те́хник (téxnik) — occupation
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѐхнича̄р — occupation
  • Serbo-Croatian: tèhničār — occupation
  • Slovak: technik — occupation
  • Slovak: technička — occupation
  • Slovene: tehnik — occupation
  • Slovene: tehnica — occupation
  • Spanish: técnico — occupation
  • Swedish: tekniker — occupation
  • Tajik: техник (texnik) — occupation
  • Thai: ช่างเทคนิค (châang-ték-nìk) — occupation
  • Turkish: teknisyen — occupation
  • Turkmen: tehnik — occupation
  • Ukrainian: те́хнік (téxnik) — occupation
  • Urdu: ٹیکنیشن (taknīśiyan) — occupation
  • Uyghur: تېخنىك (tëxnik) — occupation
  • Uzbek: texnik — occupation
  • Vietnamese: nhà kỹ thuật — occupation
  • Vietnamese: kĩ thuật viên — occupation
  • Welsh: technegwr — occupation
  • Welsh: technegydd — occupation
  • Yiddish: טעכניקער (tekhniker) — occupation
Real reading context

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