technique

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /tɛkˈniːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

technique (countable and uncountable, plural techniques)

1. (uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. [from 19th c.]
2. (uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill. [from 19th c.]
3. (countable) A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

Related terms

• technic
• technical
• technician
• techniquing

Translations

Further reading

• “technique”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “technique”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “technique”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “relating to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛk.nik/

Adjective

technique (plural techniques)

1. technical

Derived terms

• chômage technique
• terme technique

Noun

technique f (plural techniques)

1. technique, technology

Descendants

• → Persian: تکنیک (teknik)

Further reading

• “technique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.