Etymology

Latin academicus : compare French académique . See Academy

Variant spelling

Academical - for adjective only

Adjective

1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato ; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly ; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

   Quotations

   • Academic courses - Warburton
   • Academical study - Berkeley

3. Having no practical importance

Translations

• Dutch: akademisch
• French: académique m,f, scolaire m,f
• German: akademisch
• Interlingua: academic, scholar
• Norwegian: akademisk
• Romanian: academic m, academică f, academici m pl, academice f pl, şcolar m, şcolară f, şcolari m pl, şcolare f pl
• Spanish: académico m, escolar m
• Swedish: akademisk

Noun

1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato ; a Platonist - Hume
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
3. A person who attends an academy

Translations

• Dutch: academicus m
• French: académique m,f, scolaire m,f
• Norwegian: akademiker
• Spanish: académico m, escolar m
• Swedish: akademiker

Derived term

academicals

Interlingua

Adjective

1. academic

Romanian

Adjective

1. academic m, academică f, academici m pl, academice f pl