Definition
A member or follower of an academy; a person devoted to academic study; sometimes used dismissively for someone overly concerned with academic formalities.
Etymology
From academy plus the suffix -ite, which denotes a member or follower (as in socialite, favorite, or dynamite). This suffix creates nouns referring to people associated with a place, movement, or group.
Kelly Says
The suffix -ite got borrowed from Greek for forming group membership nouns (Israelite, meteorite), but in English it became productive for people—a dynamite expert is a 'dynamiter,' and academy members became 'academites,' though this term is quite rare and historical.
Translations
ARالعربية
أكاديمي
akādīmī
BNবাংলা
একাডেমিক
ēkāḍēmik
CACatalà
acadèmic
akadèmik
CSČeština
akademický
akadɛmɪtskiː
DADansk
akademisk
akaˈdɛmisk
DEDeutsch
Akademiker
akaˈdeːmɪkɐ
ELΕλληνικά
ακαδημαϊκός
akadimaïkós
ESEspañol
académico
akaˈðemiko
FISuomi
akateeminen
akateeminen
FRFrançais
académicien
akademiˈsjɛ̃
HIहिन्दी
शैक्षणिक
śaiṣṇik
HUMagyar
akadémiai
akadémiai
IDBahasa Indonesia
akademis
akadˈemis
ITItaliano
accademico
akkadˈemiko
KKKK
академиялық
akademiyaˈlɯq
KMKM
វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ
vityāsāstr
MSBahasa Melayu
akademik
akadˈemik
NLNederlands
academisch
akaˈdeːmɪs
NONorsk
akademisk
akaˈdeːmisk
PLPolski
akademicki
akaˈdɛmɪt͡ski
PTPortuguês
acadêmico
akaˈdɛmiku
RORomână
academic
akadˈemik
RUРусский
академик
akadˈemik
SVSvenska
akademisk
akaˈdeːmisk
TRTürkçe
akademisyen
akademiˈsjɛn
UKУкраїнська
академічний
akadˈemɪtʃnɪj
VITiếng Việt
học thuật
học thuật