Added 9 October 2026
technique
/tɛkˈniːk/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about technique at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A practical method or art applied to some particular task.
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Skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity.
practice greatly improves proficiency
Origin
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.
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