technic

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈtɛknɪk/ UK /ˈtɛknɪk/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like technique /ɪ/ vs /iː/

Meanings

1

noun
a technical method or skill; relating to technique

The pianist's flawless technic dazzled the critics.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a technical method or... technique method skill procedure craft technical

Word family

Derived forms technicstechnical

Related forms technique technical technology

Etymology

From Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek tekhnikos ('of or relating to art or skill'), from tekhnē ('art, craft, skill').

τεχνικός Ancient Greek τέχνη Ancient Greek

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# technic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɛknɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɛknɪk/

## Meanings
1. a technical method or skill; relating to technique

## Examples
- The pianist's flawless technic dazzled the critics.

## Synonyms
- technique
- method
- skill
- procedure
- craft
- technical

## Derived Forms
- technics
- technical

## Related Forms
- technique
- technical
- technology

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: τεχνικός
- Root: τέχνη

## Etymology
From Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek tekhnikos ('of or relating to art or skill'), from tekhnē ('art, craft, skill').

## AI Etymology
Technic comes from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek tekhnikos ('of or relating to art or skill'), from tekhnē ('art, craft, skill'). The historical chain includes Ancient Greek τεχνικός and Ancient Greek τέχνη. The quoted older senses, "of or relating to art or skill" and "art, craft, skill", supply the semantic anchors for technic. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word technic carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a technical method or skill; relating to technique". English derivatives include technics and technical; related English forms include technique, technical, and technology. The result is a noun and adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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