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See also: Academician
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From academic + -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]academician (plural academicians)
- (now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
- 1981 December 27, Dave Dellinger, quotee, Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 19:
- One can learn more about the nature of our society by sharing in a small way the life of its victims than by interacting intellectually with its privileged academicians.
- 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
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[edit]Translations
[edit]member of an academy
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collegian
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member faculty
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French académicien. By surface analysis, academic + -ian.
Noun
[edit]academician m (plural academicieni, feminine equivalent academiciană)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | academician | academicianul | academicieni | academicienii | |
genitive-dative | academician | academicianului | academicieni | academicienilor | |
vocative | academicianule | academicienilor |
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