teknik

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English technique, 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), from τίκτειν (tíktein, to bring forth, produce, engender).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tek‧nik

Noun

teknik

  1. a technique; a method

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:teknik.

Central Melanau

Etymology

From English technique, from French technique, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē).

Noun

teknik

  1. technique (method of carrying something out)

Danish

Etymology

From French technique, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē) ("skill").

Pronunciation

Noun

teknik c (singular definite teknikken, plural indefinite teknikker)

  1. technique
  2. technology
  3. engineering

Inflection

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch techniek, from French technique, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē). Compare to Malay teknik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: tèk‧nik

Noun

tèknik (first-person possessive teknikku, second-person possessive teknikmu, third-person possessive tekniknya)

  1. technique.
    1. practical aspects of a given art.
    2. method of achieving something
      Synonym: metode
  2. engineering, the application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay teknik.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From English technique, from French technique, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē).

Pronunciation

Noun

téknik (Jawi spelling تيکنيک)

  1. technique (method of carrying something out)

Adjective

téknik (Jawi spelling تيکنيک)

  1. (Malaysia) technical
    Synonym: teknikal

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian teknik.

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

teknik c

  1. a technique (a way of accomplishing a task that is not immediately obvious)
  2. technology

Declension

Derived terms

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English technique.

Pronunciation

Noun

tekník (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. technique
    Synonyms: pamaraan, pamamaraan, paraan
  2. technics

Turkish

Etymology

From French technique in 1920s.

Adjective

teknik

  1. technical
    Synonym: fennî

Noun

teknik (definite accusative tekniği, plural teknikler)

  1. technique

Descendants

  • Laz: თექნიღი (tekniği)

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teknik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN