academician

See also: Academician

English

Etymology

From academic +‎ -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌa.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, /əˌkæ.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

academician (plural academicians)

  1. (now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
  2. A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 9:
      ‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’

Synonyms
member of university faculty

Derived terms
terms related to academician

Translations
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French académicien. By surface analysis, academic +‎ -ian.

Noun

academician m (plural academicieni, feminine equivalent academiciană)

  1. academician

Declension
Declension of academician
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) academician academicianul (niște) academicieni academicienii
genitive/dative (unui) academician academicianului (unor) academicieni academicienilor
vocative academicianule academicienilor
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