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-ician

/-ˈɪʃən/

-ician suffix: forming nouns denoting occupations.

Suffix

-ician

  1. forming nouns denoting occupations
  2. A person who studies or is an expert in the related -ics.
    • obstetrics + -ician → obstetrician
    • phonetics + -ician → phonetician

Origin of -ician

From French -icien, from -ique f sg + -ien. By surface analysis, -ic + -ian.

Questions about -ician

What does -ician mean?
-ician means forming nouns denoting occupations.
What part of speech is -ician?
-ician is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -ician?
-ician is pronounced /-ˈɪʃən/.

Words near -ician in the dictionary

  1. -icam
  2. -icase
  3. -ication
  4. -ice
  5. -ichnion
  6. -ician
  7. -icidal
  8. -icide
  9. -icism
  10. -icity
  11. -ick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -ician (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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