Technician

English

Noun

Technician (plural Technicians)

1. A person who studies, professes or practices technology.

Related terms

• Luddite
• mechanic
• engineer
• technologist
• technical
• technically

Thesaurus

Admirable Crichton, adept, aficionado, amateur, apprentice, artificer, artisan, artist, attache, authority, buff, connaisseur, connoisseur, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman, craftswoman, critic, dead shot, dilettante, diplomat, diplomatist, elder statesman, experienced hand, expert, expert consultant, fan, freak, graduate, handicraftsman, handy man, journeyman, marksman, master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, no slouch, nut, politician, prentice, pro, professional, professor, proficient, pundit, savant, scholar, shark, sharp, specialist, statesman, technical adviser, technical expert, wright

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕk-nĭsh'ən, IPA: /tekˈnɪʃən/, SAMPA: /tek"nIS@n/

Etymology

technic + -ian

Translations

occupation

Arabic: تقني (ar) (táqniy) m., فني (ar) (qánniy) m. Basque: teknikari (eu) Bulgarian: техник (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 技術員 (cmn), 技术员 (cmn) (jìshùyuán) Czech: technik (cs) m. Danish: tekniker (da) c. Dutch: technicus (nl) m., (regional) technieker (nl) m. Finnish: teknikko (fi) French: technicien (fr) m. German: Techniker (de) m. Greek: τεχνολόγος (el) (technológos) m.

Hindi: तकनीशियन (hi) (taknīśiyan) m. Italian: tecnico (it) m. Japanese: 技術者 (ja) (ぎじゅつしゃ, gijutsu-sha) Lithuanian: technikas (lt) m., technikė (lt) f. Maltese: teknixin (mt) m. Polish: technik (pl) m. Portuguese: técnico (pt) m. Russian: техник (ru) (téxnik) m. Spanish: técnico (es) m. Swedish: tekniker (sv) Vietnamese: nhà kỹ thuật (vi)