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acadèmic — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • academic adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
  • academician noun A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.

Senses

acadèmic is used for these senses in English:

  • academician A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

academic — full definition

  1. adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
  2. adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.
  3. noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.

academician — full definition

  1. noun A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
  2. noun A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.