electrician

English

An electrician installing a socket

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

New Latin ēlectricusbor.

English electric

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English electrician

From electric + -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɛlɪkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌiːlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/, /əˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/, /iˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/

Noun

electrician (plural electricians)

1. A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.
2. (archaic) A scientist who studies electricity.

Derived terms

• state electrician

Related terms

• electric
• electronic
• electrical
• electricity
• electromagnetic

Translations

tradesman who works with electrical equipment

• Afrikaans: elektrisiën (af)
• Arabic: كَهْرَبَائِيّ m (kahrabāʔiyy), كَهْرَبَائِيَّة f (kahrabāʔiyya)

  Gulf Arabic: كهربچي (kəhrəbči)

  Hijazi Arabic: كهربائي (kahrabāʔi)

  South Levantine Arabic: كهربجي (kahrabji)

• Armenian: էլեկտրիկ (hy) (ēlektrik)
• Azerbaijani: elektrikçi
• Belarusian: эле́ктрык m (eljéktryk), электраманцёр m (eljektramancjór), электратэ́хнік m (eljektratéxnik)
• Breton: tredaner (br) m
• Bulgarian: електротехни́к m (elektrotehník), електрича́р m (električár)
• Catalan: electricista m or f
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 電工 / 电工 (tiān-kang)

  Mandarin: 電工 / 电工 (zh) (diàngōng)

• Cornish: tredaner m, tredanores f
• Czech: elektrikář (cs) m, elektrotechnik m
• Danish: elektriker (da) c
• Dutch: elektricien (nl)
• Finnish: sähköasentaja (fi), sähkömies (fi) (colloquial)
• French: électricien (fr) m, électricienne (fr) f
• Galician: electricista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ელექტრიკოსი (elekṭriḳosi)
• German: Elektriker (de) m, Elektrikerin (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτρολόγος (el) m (ilektrológos)
• Hebrew: חַשְׁמַלַּאי (he) m (khashmaláy)
• Hindi: बिजलीवाला m (bijlīvālā), बिजली मिस्त्री m (bijlī mistrī)
• Hungarian: villanyszerelő (hu)
• Indonesian: tukang listrik
• Irish: leictreoir m
• Italian: elettricista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 電気技師 (でんきぎし, denki gishi), 電気工 (でんきこう, denkikō), 電工 (ja) (でんこう, denkō)
• Kazakh: электрші (élektrşı)
• Khmer: ជាងអគ្គីសនី (ciəng ʼakkisaʼnii), ជាងភ្លើង (ciəng phləəng)
• Korean: 전기 기사(電氣技師) (jeon'gi gisa), 전공(電工) (ko) (jeon'gong)
• Kyrgyz: электрик (ky) (elektrik), электрчи (elektrci)
• Lao: ຊ່າງໄຟຟ້າ (sāng fai fā)
• Latin: ēlectricista m or f, ēlectriciānus m, ēlectriciāna f
• Macedonian: електричар m (električar)
• Malay: juruelektrik (ms)
• Maltese: elektrixin m
• Māori: kaiaka hiko, mataaro hiko
• Marathi: इलेक्ट्रिशियन m (ilekṭriśiyan)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цахилгаанчин (caxilgaančin), цахилгаанч (mn) (caxilgaanč), цахилгааны ажилчин (caxilgaany ažilčin)

  Mongolian script: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨᠴᠢᠨ (čakilɣančin), ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨᠴᠢ (čakilɣanči), ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ
  ᠠᠵᠢᠯᠴᠢᠨ (čakilɣan-ü aǰilčin)

• Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii hooghan yiiʼ neiłtʼiʼí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: elektriker m

  Nynorsk: elektrikar m

• Occitan: electrician (oc) m
• Persian: برق‌کار (fa) (barq-kâr)
• Polish: elektryk (pl) m, elektryczka f
• Portuguese: eletricista (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲੀ ਮਿਸਤਰੀ (bijlī mistarī)
• Romanian: electrician (ro) m, electriciană (ro) f
• Russian: эле́ктрик (ru) m (eléktrik), электромонтёр (ru) m (elektromontjór), электроте́хник (ru) m (elektrotéxnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealanair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: елѐктрича̄р m

  Latin: elèktričār (sh) m

• Slovak: elektrikár m, elektrotechnik m
• Slovene: električar m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: elektrikaŕ m, elektrikarka f

• Spanish: electricista (es) m or f
• Swedish: elektriker (sv) c
• Tagalog: mandadagitab
• Tajik: электрик (tg) (elektrik)
• Tatar: электрчы (elektrçı)
• Thai: ช่างไฟฟ้า (châang-fai-fáa)
• Turkish: elektrikçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: еле́ктрик m (eléktryk), електромонте́р m (elektromontér), електроте́хнік m (elektrotéxnik)
• Uzbek: elektrik (uz)
• Vietnamese: thợ điện (vi), thợ sửa điện
• Welsh: trydanwr (cy) m
• Yiddish: עלעקטריקער m (elektriker)

Further reading

• electrician on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

electrician m (plural electricians, feminine electriciana, feminine plural electricianas)

1. electrician

Related terms

• electric
• electricitat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French électricien. By surface analysis, electric +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lek.tri.t͡ʃiˈan/

Noun

electrician m (plural electricieni, feminine equivalent electriciană)

1. electrician

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	electrician	electricianul	electricieni	electricienii
genitive-dative	electrician	electricianului	electricieni	electricienilor
vocative	electricianule		electricienilor

Related terms

• electric
• electricitate
• electrifica

References

• “electrician”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026