architect
UK/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt//ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/
architect noun: a professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
Noun
architect (plural architects)
- A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
- Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
- This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times
- A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
- Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport
- An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
Verb
architect (third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)
- To design, plan, or orchestrate.
- He architected the military coup against the government.
- Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.1857, Mary Andrews Denison, Gracie Amber
architect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
architect in Hindi
- designer of buildings
- वास्तुकार vāstukār
architect in Tamil
- கட்டடக் கலைஞர்
architect in Marathi
- architect
- वास्तुशिल्पी vāstuśilpī, वास्तुविशारद vāstuviśārad
architect in Urdu
- designer of buildings
- مِعْمار mi'mār, اَرْکِیٹیکْٹ arkīṭekṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- architect in Bengali
- স্থপতি sthopoti
- architect in Telugu
- వాస్తుశిల్పి vāstuśilpi, స్థపతి sthapati
- architect in Malayalam
- ശില്പി, വാസ്തുശില്പി, വാസ്തുകാരൻ, രൂപരചയിതാവ്
- architect in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟಡದರಿಗ, ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪಿ, ಸ್ಥಪತಿ, ನಕಾಸೆ ತಯಾರಕ
- architect in Punjabi
- ਆਰਕੀਟੈਕਟ, ਆਰਕੀਟੈਕਟਰ
- architect in Gujarati
- આર્કિટેક્ટ, આર્કીટેક્ટ, આર્કીટેકટ
- architect in Odia
- ପାଇଟାଳ pāiṭāḷa
- architect in Sanskrit
- स्थपति sthapáti
- architect in Nepali
- वास्तुकार, वास्तुकलाकार, वास्तुविद
- architect in Pashto
- معمار me'mãr
- architect in Tagalog
- arkitekto
- architect in Arabic
- مِعْمَارِيّ miʕmāriyy, مُهَنْدِس مِعْمَارِيّ muhandis miʕmāriyy
- architect in Malay
- arkitek, jurubina
- architect in Indonesian
- arsitek
- architect in Thai
- สถาปนิก sà-tǎa-bpà-ník
- architect in Vietnamese
- kiến trúc sư
- architect in Myanmar
- ဗိသုကာ bi.su.ka
Examples of architect in a sentence
- I only qualified as an architect this summer, so I'm still a baby.
- The architect drafted several iterations of the floorplan before deciding on his final design.
- The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
Synonyms of architect
Forms of architect
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | architects |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | architects |
| present participle | architecting |
| past participle | architected |
| past | architected |
Origin of architect
From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”). By surface analysis, archi- + -tect.
Words formed from architect
Questions about architect
- What does architect mean?
- Architect means a professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
- What is architect in Hindi?
- Architect in Hindi is वास्तुकार (vāstukār). See Architect meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is architect?
- Architect can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce architect?
- Architect is pronounced /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of architect?
- The plural of architect is architects.
Words near architect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: architect (page history and authors); architect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वास्तुविशारद (Marathi) (page history and authors); వాస్తుశిల్పి (Telugu) (page history and authors); architect (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); architect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); architect (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); architect (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ପାଇଟାଳ (Odia) (page history and authors); स्थपति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); architect (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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