technique
NounUS[tek-neek]/tɛkˈnik/2 syllables
Synonyms:
proficiency
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)techniques
- a practical method or art applied to some particular taskType of methodKinds immunofluorescence, photomechanics, antialiasing, bonding, simulation, emulation, Benday process
- skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity“practice greatly improves proficiency”Synonyms: proficiencyType of skillfulnessKinds brushwork, musketry
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Translations
Noun practical aspects of a given art
- Spanish
- técnica
- French
- technique
- German
- Technik
- Italian
- tecnica
- Portuguese
- técnica
- Turkish
- teknik
- Russian
- те́хника téxnika
- Arabic
- تِقْنِيَة tiqniya
- Chinese
- 技术 jìshù
- Japanese
- 技術 gijutsu
26 more languages
- Dutch
- techniek
- Polish
- technika
- Swedish
- teknik
- Greek
- τεχνική technikí
- Korean
- 기술 gisul
- Indonesian
- teknik
- Vietnamese
- kĩ thuật
- Hungarian
- technika
- Portuguese (PT)
- técnica
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 技術 jìshù
- Catalan
- tècnica
- Czech
- technika
- Danish
- teknik
- Esperanto
- tekniko
- Estonian
- tehnika
- Finnish
- tekniikka
- Georgian
- ტექნიკა ṭekniḳa
- Hebrew
- טֶכְנִיקָה tékhnika
- Icelandic
- tækni
- Kurdish
- rêbaz
- Latvian
- tehnika
- Lithuanian
- technika
- Norwegian
- teknikk
- Romanian
- tehnică
- Serbo-Croatian
- tehnika
- Yiddish
- טעכניק tekhnik
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tech′nique′ noun
Origin: F.
1. The method or manner of performance in any art; — also called technic.
2. The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.
3. the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution; as, a pianist's fingering technique.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors