HOW TO PRONOUNCE
architect
/ˈɑɹkəˌtɛkt/
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Stress “ar” and pronounce “ch” as “k.”
Use three syllables and a lighter middle vowel. The final syllable ends with k followed by t; retain that order without adding a vowel after the last consonant.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The architect explained the design.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does architect mean?
noun
- A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
- A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
- An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
More meanings (1)
verb
- To design, plan, or orchestrate.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɑɹkəˌtɛkt/
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Every city in the South, for example, would give support to a first-class architect or housebuilder or contractor of our race.
The architect caught toward him a scrap of paper lying on the table at which they were sitting and sketched his idea.
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The architect of this building, is one of the reverend fathers of the school, and the works proceed under his sole direction.
The architect had told him that it was necessary, and Pierre, without knowing why, was having his enormous Petersburg house done up.
Can the bird, wonderful architect that it is, compare its work with that masterpiece of higher geometry, the edifice of the Bee?