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French
Etymology
From polytechnique + -ien.
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Adjective
polytechnicien (feminine polytechnicienne, masculine plural polytechniciens, feminine plural polytechniciennes)
- related to École polytechnique
- Tous les membres de la grande famille polytechnicienne, depuis les élèves de l’école jusqu’aux chefs les plus élevés des administrations qui s’y recrutent. (Journal officiel, 29 décembre 1874, page 8634)
Noun
polytechnicien m (plural polytechniciens, feminine polytechnicienne)
- graduate of an École polytechnique
- Je le sais homme de valeur. Il sort de l'École polytechnique. Je me suis bien laissé dire que le coup de marteau, dont on avance que de nombreux polytechniciens sont affligés, a laissé des traces particulières sur son cerveau. (Joseph Caillaux, Mes Mémoires, I, Ma jeunesse orgueilleuse, 1942)
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