architect
pronunciation
How to pronounce architect in British English:
UK [ˈɑːkɪtekt]
How to pronounce architect in American English:
US [ˈɑːrkɪtekt]
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- Noun:
- someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
Word Origin
- architect
- architect: [16] Etymologically, an architect is a ‘master builder’. The word comes, via French architecte, Italian architetto, and Latin architectus, from Greek arkhitéktōn, a compound formed from the prefix arkhi- ‘leading’ and téktōn ‘builder’ (source of English tectonic and related, via Greek tékhnē, to English technical).=> technical
- architect (n.)
- 1550s, from Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Greek arkhitekton "master builder, director of works," from arkhi- "chief" (see archon) + tekton "builder, carpenter" (see texture). An Old English word for it was heahcræftiga "high-crafter."
Example
- 1. Then I can tell you are a conventioal architect .
- 2. Washington was the architect and guarantor of the postwar order .
- 3. The other important relationship is that between mr brown and peter mandelson , the third architect of new labour .
- 4. The role of a software architect can be a very difficult one when others don 't understand what you do and why .
- 5. I feel ai is a great architect on his own terms .