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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

architetto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /arkiˈtɛt.to/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Architect/ˈɑː.kɪ.tɛkt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'architetto ha restaurato il vecchio palazzo storico."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.

    "The renowned architect designed the museum to blend seamlessly with the surrounding landscape."
  2. 2

    A person who guides, designs, or brings about a particular plan or project.

    "She was the chief architect of the company's successful expansion strategy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek arkhitekton, a compound of arkhi- (chief, master) and tekton (builder, carpenter). The term passed through Latin as architectus and Italian as architetto before entering Middle English in the 16th century, originally denoting a master builder and gradually narrowing to mean one who designs buildings and oversees their construction.

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