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# electrician

noun (electrician, electricians)

«electrician» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An electrician is a person whose job is to put in, check and repair electrical wires, sockets, lights and machines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#m1)

### In the lessons

In lessons about jobs and safety: only electricians should fix wiring; never poke things into sockets. In science lessons on circuits, electricians use the same ideas in real houses. Phrases: «call an electrician», «a qualified electrician».

### Examples

- The electrician fixed the broken light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x1)
- We called an electrician when the socket started sparking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x2)
- My aunt is an electrician. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x3)
- An electrician wires new houses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x4)
- Only a trained electrician should work on the fuse box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x5)
- The electrician switched off the power before she started. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: «-cian» like «musician», «magician». Pronounced «e-lek-TRISH-un». Safety: electricity can kill; never touch wires or plug things in with wet hands. In maths, job problems may give hours worked and pay per hour.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «electrician» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«electrician» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/electrician.html) on Mova free.