"technician" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɛkˈnɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-technician.wav [Southern-England] Forms: technicians [plural]
enPR: tĕk-nĭsh'ən Etymology: From technic + -ian. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tetḱ-}}, {{affix|en|technic|-ian}} technic + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} technician (plural technicians)
  1. A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: techie, technologist Hyponyms: engineer, mechanic Related terms: technical, technically Translations (occupation): teknik [masculine] (Albanian), تِقْنِيّ (tiqniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), فَنِّيّ (fanniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), տեխնիկ (texnik) (Armenian), texnik (Azerbaijani), teknikari (Basque), тэ́хнік (téxnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), যন্ত্রবিৎ (jontrobit) (Bengali), техни́к (tehník) [masculine] (Bulgarian), техни́чка (tehníčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tècnic [masculine] (Catalan), 技術員 (Chinese Mandarin), 技术员 (jìshùyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), technik [masculine] (Czech), technička [feminine] (Czech), tekniker [common-gender] (Danish), technicus [masculine] (Dutch), technieker [masculine, regional] (Dutch), teĥnikisto (Esperanto), teknikisto (Esperanto), tehnik (Estonian), teknikko (Finnish), technicien [masculine] (French), technicienne [feminine] (French), ტექნიკოსი (ṭekniḳosi) (Georgian), Techniker [masculine] (German), Technikerin [feminine] (German), τεχνικός (technikós) [common-gender] (Greek), טֶכְנַאי (tekhnaí) [masculine] (Hebrew), तकनीशियन (taknīśiyan) [masculine] (Hindi), यंत्रविद् (yantravid) [masculine] (Hindi), műszerész (Hungarian), technikus (Hungarian), laboráns (Hungarian), szerelő (english: (mechanic in general)) (Hungarian), teknisi (Indonesian), teicneoir [masculine] (Irish), tecnico [masculine] (Italian), 技術者 (gijutsu-sha) (alt: ぎじゅつしゃ) (Japanese), テクニシャン (tekunishan) (Japanese), техник (texnik) (Kazakh), អ្នកបច្ចេកទេស (nĕək pacceekaʼteih) (Khmer), 기술자 (gisulja) (Korean), 엔진이어 (enjinieo) (Korean), техник (tehnik) (Kyrgyz), ນາຍຊ່າງ (nāi sāng) (Lao), tehniķis [masculine] (Latvian), tehniķe [feminine] (Latvian), technikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), technikė [feminine] (Lithuanian), техничар (tehničar) [masculine] (Macedonian), техничарка (tehničarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), juruteknik (Malay), teknixin [masculine] (Maltese), kaihangarau (Maori), ringapū (Maori), техникч (texnikč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠲ᠋ᠧᠻᠨᠢᠭᠴᠢ (tēkniɣči) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), technicien [masculine] (Norman), technicienne [feminine] (Norman), teknîker [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), tekniker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ټکنيشن (ṭaknešán) [masculine] (Pashto), تکنیسین (teknisyan) (Persian), technik [masculine] (Polish), techniczka [feminine] (Polish), técnico [masculine] (Portuguese), tehnician [masculine] (Romanian), tehniciană [feminine] (Romanian), те́хник (téxnik) [masculine] (Russian), тѐхнича̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tèhničār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), technik [masculine] (Slovak), technička [feminine] (Slovak), tehnik [masculine] (Slovene), tehnica [feminine] (Slovene), técnico [masculine] (Spanish), tekniker [common-gender] (Swedish), техник (texnik) (Tajik), ช่างเทคนิค (châang-ték-nìk) (Thai), teknisyen (Turkish), tehnik (Turkmen), те́хнік (téxnik) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ٹیکنیشن (taknīśiyan) [masculine] (Urdu), تېخنىك (tëxnik) (Uyghur), texnik (Uzbek), nhà kỹ thuật (Vietnamese), technegwr [masculine] (Welsh), technegydd [masculine] (Welsh), טעכניקער (tekhniker) [masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "lighting technician"
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          "word": "teicneoir"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "occupation",
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          "alt": "ぎじゅつしゃ",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "nĕək pacceekaʼteih",
          "sense": "occupation",
          "word": "អ្នកបច្ចេកទេស"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gisulja",
          "sense": "occupation",
          "word": "기술자"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "enjinieo",
          "sense": "occupation",
          "word": "엔진이어"
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          "code": "kmr",
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nāi sāng",
          "sense": "occupation",
          "word": "ນາຍຊ່າງ"
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          "sense": "occupation",
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          "sense": "occupation",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "occupation",
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "occupation",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "occupation",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "occupation",
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          "sense": "occupation",
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          "word": "те́хник"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "occupation",
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          "sense": "occupation",
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "técnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tekniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "texnik",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "техник"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "châang-ték-nìk",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "ช่างเทคนิค"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "teknisyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "tehnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "téxnik",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "те́хнік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "taknīśiyan",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ٹیکنیشن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tëxnik",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "تېخنىك"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "texnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "nhà kỹ thuật"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "technegwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "technegydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tekhniker",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טעכניקער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "technician"
}

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