practic

See also: pràctic

English

Etymology

From Middle English practic, practik, partly from Old French practique and partly from its etymon, Late Latin prācticus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”).[1][2] Doublet of practico.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹæktɪk/

Noun

practic (plural practics)

  1. A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.

Adjective

practic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)

  1. (archaic) Practical.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 1, member 4, subsection 3:
      They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends […].
  2. (obsolete) Cunning, crafty.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “practic, adj. and n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “practī̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprak.tik/
  • Rhymes: -aktik
  • Hyphenation: prac‧tic

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti
Proto-Hellenic *prā́t͏̌t͏̌ō
Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)der.
Ancient Greek πρᾱγ- (prāg-)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Hellenic *-tis
Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Hellenic *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós)der.
Latin practicus
French pratiquebor.
Romanian practic

    Borrowed from French pratique, from Latin practicus.

    Adjective

    practic m or n (feminine singular practică, masculine plural practici, feminine/neuter plural practice)

    1. practical (relating to practise)
    2. practical (feasible, applicable to reality)
    Declension
    Declension of practic
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative     		indefinite practic practică practici practice
    definite practicul practica practicii practicele
    genitive-
    dative     		indefinite practic practice practici practice
    definite practicului practicei practicilor practicelor

    Adverb

    practic

    1. practically
    2. (colloquial, loosely) basically, pretty much

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    practic

    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of practica

    References

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