architecture
English
/ˈɑː.kɪ.ˌtɛk.tʃə/, /ˈɑɹkɪtɛktʃɚ/
noun
Definitions
- The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
- The profession of an architect.
- Any particular style of building design.
- Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
- A unifying structure.
- (computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
- The structure and design of a system or product.
Etymology
Borrowed from French architecture derived from Latin architectūra derived from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (master builder, architect, chief builder, principal craftsman).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀρχιτέκτων
Gloss
master builder, architect, chief builder, principal craftsman
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- angioarchitectural English
- angioarchitecture English
- antiarchitectural English
- architect English
- architectural English
- architecturalization English
- architecturalize English
- architecturally English
- architectured English
- astroarchitecture English
- bioarchitecture English
- chemoarchitectural English
- chemoarchitecture English
- cytoarchitectural English
- cytoarchitecture English
- ecoarchitecture English
- hepatoarchitecture English
- histoarchitectural English
- histoarchitecture English
- immunoarchitectural English
- immunoarchitecture English
- macroarchitectural English
- macroarchitecture English
- microangioarchitecture English
- microarchitectural English
- microarchitecture English
- multiarchitecture English
- myeloarchitectural English
- myeloarchitecture English
- myelocytoarchitecture English
- myoarchitecture English
- nanoarchitecture English
- neuroarchitectural English
- neuroarchitecture English
- nonarchitectural English
- nonarchitecture English
- rearchitecture English
- subarchitectural English
- subarchitecture English
- synaptoarchitecture English
- unarchitectural English
- xenoarchitecture English
- architectus Latin
- architectūra Latin
- Architektur German
- architectuur Dutch, Flemish
- architecte French
- architectural French
- architecture French
- architecturer French
- cytoarchitecture French
- arquitectura Spanish, Castilian
- τέκτων Ancient Greek
- ἀρχιτέκτων Ancient Greek
- arquitetura Portuguese
- arkitektur Swedish
- アーキテクチャ Japanese
- arkitekturo Esperanto
- arĥitekturo Esperanto
- arquitectura Catalan, Valencian
- arquitectura Galician
- arhitekts Latvian
- arkitekturo Ido
- architecte Norman
- architecte Middle French
- ארכיטקטורה Hebrew (modern)
- архітектор Ukrainian
- arquitectura Occitan
- arquitetura Mirandese
- aarkitekchur Pitcairn-Norfolk
- architect
- architectured
- architectural
- rearchitecture
- nonarchitecture
- myoarchitecture
- bioarchitecture
- subarchitecture
- unarchitectural
- ecoarchitecture
- architecturally
- xenoarchitecture
- nanoarchitecture
- architecturalize
- cytoarchitecture
- nonarchitectural
- subarchitectural
- angioarchitecture
- histoarchitecture
- cytoarchitectural
- neuroarchitecture
- multiarchitecture
- antiarchitectural
- macroarchitecture
- astroarchitecture
- myeloarchitecture
- chemoarchitecture
- microarchitecture
- myeloarchitectural
- angioarchitectural
- histoarchitectural
- neuroarchitectural
- microarchitectural
- immunoarchitecture
- hepatoarchitecture
- macroarchitectural
- chemoarchitectural
- synaptoarchitecture
- immunoarchitectural
- architecturalization
- myelocytoarchitecture
- microangioarchitecture