technicus

technicus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin technicus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛx.niˌkʏs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: tech‧ni‧cus

Noun

technicus m (plural technici, no diminutive)

  1. a technician, a technical expert

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: teknikus, teknisi

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂der.
Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin technicus

    From Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill, art”) + Latin -icus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    technicus (feminine technica, neuter technicum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. technical

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative technicus technica technicum technicī technicae technica
    genitive technicī technicae technicī technicōrum technicārum technicōrum
    dative technicō technicae technicō technicīs
    accusative technicum technicam technicum technicōs technicās technica
    ablative technicō technicā technicō technicīs
    vocative technice technica technicum technicī technicae technica

    Descendants

    References

    • “technicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “technicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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