technique

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /tɛkˈniːk/ UK /tɛkˈniːk/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like technic /ɪ/ vs /iː/

Freq #4278

Meanings

1

noun
A particular way of doing something that needs skill or knowledge.

The teacher showed us a simple technique for remembering new words.
2

noun
A person's practical skill in an activity, gained through practice.

Her singing technique improved after years of training.

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2 noun · a person's practical skill... proficiency

More craft craftsmanship technic

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Forms techniques

Derived forms agrotechniquebiotechniquecryotechniquecybertechniquegeotechniquehistotechniqueiatrotechniqueimmunotechniquemicrotechniquemultitechniquenontechniquetechniquewise

Related forms technic technicaltechniciantechniquing

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.

*tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European technique French

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# technique

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /tɛkˈniːk/
**IPA (UK):** /tɛkˈniːk/
**Frequency rank:** 4278

## Meanings
1. A particular way of doing something that needs skill or knowledge.
2. A person's practical skill in an activity, gained through practice.

## Examples
- The teacher showed us a simple technique for remembering new words.
- Her singing technique improved after years of training.

## Synonyms
- craft
- craftsmanship
- technic

## Derived Forms
- agrotechnique
- biotechnique
- cryotechnique
- cybertechnique
- geotechnique
- histotechnique
- iatrotechnique
- immunotechnique
- microtechnique
- multitechnique
- nontechnique
- techniquewise

## Related Forms
- technic
- technical
- technician
- techniquing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tetḱ-
- Root: technique

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Technique is 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. In present-day use, it can mean a particular way of doing something that needs skill or knowledge, or a person's practical skill in an activity, gained through practice.

## Topics
- People & Society

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