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technique en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɛkˈniːk/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
   • Brahms, after realizing that the technique of the piano was developing along mistaken lines, and his own danger of stereotyping his style, keeps away from it for most of his middle age [...]. 1924, HE Wortham, A Musical Odyssey, page 97:
   • Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
2. (uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
   • Yet those who packed concert halls to listen to him sing, as Indians did for over six decades, rarely mentioned his technique. 2011 February 3, “Bhimsen Joshi”, in The Economist:
3. (countable) A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
   • They said executives were warned about one technique nicknamed "carpet karaoke", which involved bending deportees over in aircraft seats to silence them. 2011 March 16, Paul Lewis, Matthew Taylor, The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

Graston technique · Lamaze technique · program evaluation and review technique · teqball · microtechnique · aseptic technique · salami technique · geotechnique · Baermann technique · immunotechnique · program evaluation review technique · project evaluation and review technique · iatrotechnique · agrotechnique · Champy technique · Czochralski technique · nontechnique · techniquewise · Kyropoulos technique · double-pole technique · Alexander technique · biotechnique · Fowler's technique · raindrop technique · project evaluation review technique · enhanced interrogation technique · Evans technique · time-of-arrival technique · twelve-tone technique · multitechnique · literary technique · cybertechnique · histotechnique · cryotechnique · Graham technique · Gonstead technique · door-in-the-face technique · Arlberg technique · Meisner technique · Bowen technique · foot-in-the-door technique

Relateds

technic · techniquing · technician · technical

Translations (84)

ro tehnică (practical aspects of a given art) · be тэ́хніка (practical aspects of a given art) · ms teknik (practical aspects of a given art) · fa-ira تِکْنیک (practical aspects of a given art) · da teknik (practical aspects of a given art) · sh тѐхника (practical aspects of a given art) · my လုပ်နည်း (practical aspects of a given art) · vi kỹ thuật (practical aspects of a given art) · he טֶכְנִיקָה (practical aspects of a given art) · ar تِقْنِيَة (practical aspects of a given art) · pt técnica (practical aspects of a given art) · mi tāera (method of achieving something) · ka ტექნიკა (practical aspects of a given art) · hi तकनीक (practical aspects of a given art) · nn teknikk (method of achieving something) · ar أُسْلُوب (practical aspects of a given art) · uz texnika (practical aspects of a given art) · tk tehnika (practical aspects of a given art) · ar أُسْلُوب (practical aspects of a given art) · tr teknik (practical aspects of a given art) · hy տեխնիկա (practical aspects of a given art) · ga teicníc (practical aspects of a given art) · et tehnika (practical aspects of a given art) · nb teknikk (method of achieving something) · is tækni (practical aspects of a given art) · ky техника (practical aspects of a given art) · lv tehnika (practical aspects of a given art) · ko 기술 (practical aspects of a given art) · hu technika (practical aspects of a given art) · mk техника (practical aspects of a given art) · my နည်းစနစ် (practical aspects of a given art) · uz uslub (practical aspects of a given art) · sv teknik (practical aspects of a given art) · id teknik (practical aspects of a given art) · nn teknikk (practical aspects of a given art) · tg услуб (practical aspects of a given art) · az texnika (practical aspects of a given art) · cmn 技巧 (practical aspects of a given art) · tl aghimo (practical aspects of a given art) · it tecnica (practical aspects of a given art) · af tegniek (method of achieving something) · th กลเม็ด (practical aspects of a given art) · ur تَکْنِیک (practical aspects of a given art) · af tegniek (practical aspects of a given art) · th เทคนิค (practical aspects of a given art) · mn техник (practical aspects of a given art) · yi טעכניק (practical aspects of a given art) · sq teknikë (practical aspects of a given art) · ar طَرِيقَة (practical aspects of a given art) · sk technika (practical aspects of a given art) · io tekniko (practical aspects of a given art) · cmn 技術 /技术 (practical aspects of a given art) · km តិកនិក (practical aspects of a given art) · cs technika (practical aspects of a given art) · th กลวิธี (practical aspects of a given art) · gl técnica (practical aspects of a given art) · fr technique (practical aspects of a given art) · nb teknikk (practical aspects of a given art) · vi kĩ thuật (practical aspects of a given art) · tg техника (practical aspects of a given art) · kk техника (practical aspects of a given art) · bg те́хника (practical aspects of a given art) · yue 技術 /技术 (practical aspects of a given art) · mr तंत्र (practical aspects of a given art) · mt teknika (practical aspects of a given art) · uk те́хніка (practical aspects of a given art) · sh tèhnika (practical aspects of a given art) · sl tehnika (practical aspects of a given art) · fr technique (method of achieving something) · lo ເທກນິກ (practical aspects of a given art) · ga teicníocht (practical aspects of a given art) · fa-ira اُسْلوب (practical aspects of a given art) · ru те́хника (practical aspects of a given art) · es técnica (practical aspects of a given art) · fi tekniikka (practical aspects of a given art) · el τεχνική (practical aspects of a given art) · cmn 手法 (practical aspects of a given art) · nl techniek (practical aspects of a given art) · pl technika (practical aspects of a given art) · ca tècnica (practical aspects of a given art) · ja 技術 (practical aspects of a given art) · lt technika (practical aspects of a given art) · de Technik (practical aspects of a given art) · ug تېخنىكا (practical aspects of a given art)