technicus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin technicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛx.niˌkʏs/

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• Hyphenation: tech‧ni‧cus

Noun

technicus m (plural technici)

1. a technician, a technical expert

Descendants

• → Indonesian: teknisi

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtekʰ.ni.kus/, [ˈt̪ɛkʰnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.ni.kus/, [ˈt̪ɛknikus]

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

• Catalan: tècnic
• French: technique
• Galician: técnico
• Italian: tecnico
• Ladin: tecnich
• Portuguese: técnico
• Romanian: tehnic
• Spanish: técnico

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.