technika

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛxnɪka]

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Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Technik or French technique, ultimately from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós).^[1]

technika f

1. technology (body of tools)
2. technique (way of accomplishing a task)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

technika

1. genitive/accusative singular of technik

• “technika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “technika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “technika”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From German Technik, from French technique, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛçnikɒ], [ˈtɛxnikɒ]^[2]

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• Hyphenation: tech‧ni‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

technika (countable and uncountable, plural technikák)

1. technique (a way of accomplishing a task that is not immediately obvious)
2. technology (the organization of knowledge for practical purposes)

• technika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Borrowed from Polish technika.

• IPA^(key): /tɛxˈɲi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: tech‧ni‧ka

technika f (related adjective techniczny or technikòwi)

1. technique (method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge)
2. technology (knowledge or study on such methods)

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “technika”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “technika”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós).

tèchnika f (plural tèchnikos) stress pattern 1

1. technology
2. technique

• technikas
• technologija

• “technika”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
• “technika”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Technik or French technique, ultimately from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós).^[1][2] First attested in 1801.^[3]

• IPA^(key): (prescriptive) /ˈtɛx.ɲi.ka/, (colloquial) /tɛxˈɲi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɛxɲika, -ika
• Syllabification: tech‧ni‧ka

technika f (related adjective techniczny, abbreviation techn. or tech.)

1. technique (method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge)

   Synonym: metoda

2. technology (knowledge or study on such methods)
3. technique (application of such methods)
4. technique (practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill)

   Synonym: metoda

5. (education) technique (subject teaching such methods in school)

   Synonym: prace ręczne

6. (education, obsolete) synonym of technikum

• → Kashubian: technika
• → Silesian: technika

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), technika is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 15 times in news, 31 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 83 times, making it the 775th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[4]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /tɛxˈɲi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: tech‧ni‧ka

technika m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of technik

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /tɛxˈɲi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: tech‧ni‧ka

technika n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of technikum

• “technika”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “technika”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “technika”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “technika”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 37

Borrowed from Polish technika.

• IPA^(key): /tɛxˈɲi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: tech‧ni‧ka

technika f (related adjective techniczny)

1. technique (method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge)
2. technology (knowledge or study on such methods)

• technika in silling.org