- -ician
- -i·cian
English syllables. 2014.
-ician
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ician — ICIÁN, Ă suf. specialist în... . (< fr. icien, cf. lat. icianus) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
-ician — [ish′ən] [Fr icien: see IC & IAN] suffix a person engaged in, skilled in, or specializing in (a specified field) [phonetician] … English World dictionary
-ician — suffix forming nouns denoting persons skilled in or concerned with subjects having nouns (usu.) in ic or ics (magician; politician). Etymology: from or after F icien (as IC, IAN) * * * ˈishən noun suffix ( s) Etymology … Useful english dictionary
-ician — noun suffix Etymology: French icien, from Old French, from Latin ica (as in rhetorica rhetoric) + Old French ien ian specialist ; practitioner < beautician > … New Collegiate Dictionary
-ician — a suffix forming personal nouns denoting occupations: beautician; mortician. [extracted from musician, physician, etc., derived, with IAN, from words ending in IC] * * * … Universalium
-ician — (also icist) suffix (forming nouns) denoting a person involved in a particular subject: statistician. Origin from Fr. icien … English new terms dictionary
-ician — suffix (in nouns) a skilled worker who deals with a particular thing: a beautician (=someone who gives beauty treatments) | a technician … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
-ician — aff. a suffix forming personal nouns denoting occupations: beautician; mortician[/ex] • Etymology: extracted from musician, physician, etc … From formal English to slang
-ician — a compound suffix especially applied to an expert in a field, as in geometrician. { ic + ian; replacing Middle English icien, from Old French} …
-icist — suffix = ICIAN (classicist). Etymology: IC + IST * * * suffix equivalent to ician Origin: based on forms ending in , + ist … Useful english dictionary
