practic
See also: pràctic
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, from Late Latin practicus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
practic (plural practics)
- A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
Adjective edit
practic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)
- (archaic) Practical.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.i.4.3:
- They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends […].
- (obsolete) Cunning, crafty.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- she vsed hath the practicke paine / Of this false footman [...].
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “practic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “practic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French pratique, from Latin practicus.
Adjective edit
practic m or n (feminine singular practică, masculine plural practici, feminine and neuter plural practice)
Declension edit
Declension of practic
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 edit
practic
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
practic
References edit
- practic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)