technician

technician

English

Etymology

From technic +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕk-nĭsh'ən, IPA^(key): /tɛkˈnɪʃən/

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Noun

technician (plural technicians)

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

   Synonyms: techie, technologist

   Hyponyms: engineer, mechanic

   Antonym: Luddite

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

Derived terms

• agrotechnician
• biotechnician
• cytotechnician
• electrotechnician
• histotechnician
• polytechnician
• psychotechnician
• pyrotechnician
• zootechnician

 

• computer technician
• dental technician
• emergency medical technician
• lighting technician
• market technician
• nail technician
• sound technician
• veterinary technician

 

Related terms

• technical
• technically

 

Translations

occupation

Albanian: teknik (sq) m Arabic: تِقْنِيّ‎ m (tiqniyy), فَنِّيّ‎ m (fanniyy) Armenian: տեխնիկ (hy) (texnik) Azerbaijani: texnik Basque: teknikari (eu) Belarusian: тэ́хнік m (téxnik) Bengali: যন্ত্রবিৎ (ĵôntrôbit) Bulgarian: техни́к (bg) m (tehník), техни́чка f (tehníčka) Catalan: tècnic m Chinese: Mandarin: 技術員／技术员 (zh) (jìshùyuán) Czech: technik (cs) m, technička f Danish: tekniker c Dutch: technicus (nl) m, (regional) technieker (nl) m Esperanto: teĥnikisto, teknikisto Estonian: tehnik Finnish: teknikko (fi) French: technicien (fr) m, technicienne (fr) f Georgian: ტექნიკოსი (ṭekniḳosi) German: Techniker (de) m, Technikerin (de) f Greek: τεχνικός (el) c (technikós) Hebrew: טֶכְנַאי‎ (he) m (tekhnaí) Hindi: तकनीशियन m (taknīśiyan), यंत्रविद् m (yantravid) Hungarian: műszerész (hu), technikus (hu), laboráns (hu), (mechanic in general): szerelő (hu) Indonesian: teknisi (id) Irish: teicneoir m Italian: tecnico (it) m Japanese: 技術者 (ja) (ぎじゅつしゃ, gijutsu-sha), テクニシャン (tekunishan) Kazakh: техник (texnik) Khmer: អ្នកបច្ចេកទេស (nĕək pacceekaʼteih) Korean: 기술자 (ko) (gisulja), 엔진이어 (enjinieo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: teknîker m Kyrgyz: техник (ky) (tehnik) Lao: ນາຍຊ່າງ (nāi sāng) Latvian: tehniķis m, tehniķe f Lithuanian: technikas m, technikė f Macedonian: техничар m (tehničar), техничарка f (tehničarka) Malay: juruteknik (ms) Maltese: teknixin m Maori: kaihangarau, ringapū Mongolian: Cyrillic: техникч (mn) (texnikč) Mongolian: ᠲ᠋ᠧᠻᠨᠢᠭᠴᠢ (tēkhniɣči) Norman: technicien m, technicienne f Norwegian: Bokmål: tekniker m Pashto: ټکنيشن‎ m (ṭaknešán) Persian: تکنیسین‎ (fa) (teknisyan) Polish: technik (pl) m, techniczka f Portuguese: técnico (pt) m Romanian: tehnician (ro) m, tehniciană (ro) f Russian: те́хник (ru) m (téxnik) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тѐхнича̄р m Roman: tèhničār (sh) m Slovak: technik m, technička f Slovene: tehnik (sl) m, tehnica f Spanish: técnico (es) m Swedish: tekniker (sv) c Tajik: техник (texnik) Thai: ช่างเทคนิค (châang-ték-nìk) Turkish: teknisyen (tr) Turkmen: tehnik Ukrainian: те́хнік m (téxnik) Urdu: ٹیکنیشن‎ (ur) m (taknīśiyan) Uyghur: تېخنىك‎ (tëxnik) Uzbek: texnik (uz) Vietnamese: nhà kỹ thuật Welsh: technegwr m, technegydd m Yiddish: טעכניקער‎ m (tekhniker)

Further reading

• technician on Wikipedia.Wikipedia