critic

See also: crític

English

Alternative forms

• critick (archaic)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

critic (plural critics)

1. A person who appraises the works of others.
   • (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The opinion of the most skilful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's Traveller] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the Dunciad.

2. A specialist in judging works of art.
3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
   • (Can we date this quote by I. Watts and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature.

4. An opponent.
5. Obsolete form of critique (an act of criticism)
   • (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Make each day a critic on the last.

6. Obsolete form of critique (the art of criticism)
   • (Can we date this quote?), John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Chapter 21, page 550

     And, perhaps, if they were distinctly weighed, and duly considered, they would afford us another sort of logic and critic, than what we have been hitherto acquainted with.

Derived terms

• armchair critic

Related terms

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

 

Translations

person who appraises the works of others

• Arabic: نَقَّاد m (naqqād), نَاقِد m (nāqid)
• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʻnnadat)
• Bulgarian: кри́тик m (krítik)
• Catalan: crític (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: criticus (nl) m
• Esperanto: kritikisto
• Estonian: arvustaja
• Finnish: arvioija (fi), arvottaja
• French: critique (fr) m
• Galician: crítico m
• German: Kritiker (de) m
• Greek: κριτικός (el) m or f (kritikós)
• Hebrew: מְבַקֵּר m (mevakér), מְבַקֶּרֶת f (mevakéret)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: kritikus (hu), kritikaíró
• Irish: léirmheastóir m
• Japanese: 批評家 (ひひょうか, hihyōka), 評論家 (ひょうろんか, hyōronka)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Persian: منتقد (fa) (montæghed), باریک‌بین (barikbin)
• Polish: krytyk (pl) m, krytyczka f
• Portuguese: crítico (pt) m
• Romanian: critic (ro) m, critică (ro) f
• Russian: кри́тик (ru) m (krítik)
• Slovak: kritik m, kritička f
• Spanish: crítico (es)
• Swedish: kritiker (sv) c
• Tagalog: mamumuna
• Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan)
• Turkish: eleştirmen (tr)
• Yiddish: קריטיקער m (kritiker)

specialist in judging works of art

• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʻnnadat)
• Bulgarian: кри́тик m (krítik)
• Catalan: crític (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 評論家／评论家 (ping⁴ leon⁶ gaa¹), 评论家 (ping⁴ leon⁶ gaa¹)

  Mandarin: 評論家／评论家 (zh) (pínglùnjiā), 评论家 (zh) (pínglùnjiā)

• Czech: kritik (cs) m
• Finnish: arvostelija (fi), kriitikko (fi)
• German: Kritiker (de) m, Kritikerin (de) f
• Greek: τεχνοκρίτης (el) m or f (technokrítis), τεχνοκριτικός (el) m or f (technokritikós)
• Hebrew: מְבַקֵּר m (mevakér), מְבַקֶּרֶת f (mevakéret)
• Hungarian: kritikus (hu), ítész, műítész (hu), műbíráló (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: kritik (id)
• Polish: krytyk (pl) m, krytyczka f
• Portuguese: crítico (pt) m
• Romanian: critic (ro), critică (ro) f
• Russian: кри́тик (ru) m (krítik)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèirmheasaiche m
• Slovak: kritik m, kritička f
• Swedish: kritiker (sv) c
• Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan)
• Turkish: eleştirmen (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhà phê bình
• Yiddish: קריטיקער m (kritiker)

one who criticizes; a person who finds fault

• Arabic: ناقد
• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʻnnadat)
• Bulgarian: критикар m (kritikar)
• Catalan: crític (ca) m
• Danish: kritiker c
• Estonian: arvustaja
• Finnish: arvostelija (fi), kriitikko (fi)
• German: Kritiker (de) m
• Greek: επικριτής (el) m (epikritís), κριτής (el) m or f (kritís)
• Hungarian: kritikus (hu), bíráló (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Polish: krytyk (pl) m, krytyczka f
• Portuguese: criticador
• Romanian: critic (ro) m, critică (ro) f
• Russian: кри́тик (ru) m (krítik), критика́н (ru) m (kritikán) (disparaging)
• Slovak: kritik m, kritička f
• Swedish: kritiker (sv) c
• Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan)
• Turkish: eleştirmen (tr)

opponent

• Armenian: քննադատ (hy) (kʻnnadat)
• Finnish: vastustaja (fi), vastaväittäjä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Kritiker (de) m, Kritikerin (de) f, Gegner (de) m, Gegnerin (de) f
• Hungarian: ellenző (hu)
• Romanian: oponent (ro) m, oponentă (ro) f, opozant (ro) m, opozantă (ro) f
• Slovak: kritik m, kritička f

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} critique (fr) m (1-3); ^{(please verify)} détracteur (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} détractrice (fr) f (4)
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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} విమర్శకుడు m (vimarśakuḍu), ^{(please verify)} విమర్శకురాలు f (vimarśakurālu)

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To criticise.
   • (Can we date this quote by A. Brewer and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

Anagrams

• citric

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English critique, from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲɪtʲɪc/

Noun

critic f (genitive singular critice, nominative plural criticí)

1. critique

   Synonym: beachtaíocht

2. criticism

   Synonym: criticeas, léirmheastóireacht

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

Derived terms

• critic foirme (“form criticism”)
• critic liteartha (“literary criticism”)
• critic na díthógála (“deconstructive criticism”)
• criticeas (“criticism”)
• criticeoir (“critic”)
• criticiúil (“critical”, adjective)

 

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “critic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “critic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Adjective

critic m pl

1. masculine plural of critich

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French critique and Latin criticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkri.tik/

Noun

critic m (plural critici)

1. critic

Adjective

critic m or n (feminine singular critică, masculine plural critici, feminine and neuter plural critice)

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	criticelor	criticilor