critic

See also crític

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• critick (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikos, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krinō, “I judge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

critic (plural critics)

1. A person who appraises the works of others.
2. A specialist in judging works of art.
3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
4. An opponent.

Related terms

• crisis
• criticism
• critical
• critical mass
• criticize / criticise
• critically
• critique
• criterion

Translations

person who appraises the works of others

• Arabic: نقاد (ar) (naqqād) m, ناقد (ar) (nāqid) m
• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʿnnadat) 
• Bulgarian: критик (bg) (krítik) m 
• Catalan: crític (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 批評家 (cmn), 批评家 (cmn) (pīpíngjiā), 評論家 (cmn), 评论家 (cmn) (pínglùnjiā)

• Dutch: criticus (nl) m
• Esperanto: kritikisto (eo)
• Estonian: arvustaja (et)
• Finnish: arvioija, arvottaja
• French: critique (fr) m

• German: Kritiker (de) m
• Hungarian: kritikus (hu)
• Irish: léirmheastóir (ga) m
• Japanese: 批評家 (ja) (ひひょうか, hihyōka), 評論家 (ja) (ひょうろんか, hyōronka)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕه‌خنه‌گر

• Persian: نقاد (fa) (naqâd)
• Polish: krytyk (pl) m, krytyczka (pl) f
• Romanian: critic (ro) m
• Russian: критик (ru) (krítik) m 
• Swedish: kritiker (sv) c

specialist in judging works of art

• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʿnnadat) 
• Bulgarian: критик (bg) (krítik) m 
• Catalan: crític (ca) m
• Czech: kritik (cs) m
• Finnish: arvostelija (fi), kriitikko (fi)
• German: Kritiker (de) m, Kritikerin (de) f
• Hebrew: מבקר (mevaqer) m, מבקרת (mevaqeret) f

• Hungarian: kritikus (hu)
• Indonesian: kritik (id)
• Polish: krytyk (pl) m, krytyczka (pl) f
• Romanian: critic (ro)
• Russian: критик (ru) (krítik) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: lèirmheasaiche (gd) m
• Swedish: kritiker (sv) c

one who criticizes; a person who finds fault

• Arabic: ناقد (ar)
• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʿnnadat) 
• Bulgarian: критикар (bg) m (kritikar)
• Catalan: crític (ca) m
• Danish: kritiker (da) c
• Estonian: arvustaja (et)
• Finnish: arvostelija (fi), kriitikko (fi)
• German: Kritiker (de) m
• Hebrew: מבקר (mevaqer) m, מבקרת (mevaqeret) f

• Hungarian: kritikus (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕه‌خنه‌گر

• Polish: krytyk (pl) m, krytyczka (pl) f
• Romanian: critic (ro) m
• Russian: критик (ru) (krítik) m , критикан (ru) (kritikán) m  (disparaging)
• Swedish: kritiker (sv) c

opponent

• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʿnnadat) 
• Finnish: vastustaja (fi), vastaväittäjä (fi)

• German: Kritiker (de) m, Kritikerin (de) f, Gegner (de) m, Gegnerin (de) f
• Romanian: critic (ro)

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Translations to be checked

• French: critique m (1-3); détracteur m, détractrice f (4)
• Greek: κριτικός (kritikos) m
• Portuguese: crítico m
• Telugu: విమర్శకుడు (vimarSakuDu) m, విమర్శకురాలు (vimarSakuraalu) f

Verb

critic (third-person singular simple present critics, present participle criticking, simple past and past participle criticked)

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To criticise.
   • A. Brewer

     Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.

Anagrams

• citric

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Irish

Etymology

From English critique.

Noun

critic f (genitive critice, nominative plural criticí)

1. critique
2. criticism

Declension

Declension of critic

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative critic criticí Vocative a chritic a chriticí Genitive critice criticí Dative critic criticí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chritic na criticí Genitive na critice na gcriticí Dative leis an gcritic don chritic leis na criticí

Synonyms

• (critique): beachtaíocht
• (criticism): criticeas, léirmheastóireacht

Derived terms

• criticeoir
• criticiúil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
critic	chritic	gcritic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Romanian

Noun

critic m (plural critici)

1. critic

Adjective

critic ^{m nom/acc forms}

1. critical

Declension

declension of critic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	critic		critică	critici	critice
	definite	criticul		critica	criticii	criticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	critic		critice	critici	critice
	definite	criticului		criticei	criticilor	criticelor