adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to fireworks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pyrotechnic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Resembling fireworks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to the craft of making fireworks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pyrotechnic smokes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pyrotechnical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
suggestive of fireworks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity
- a pyrotechnic wit
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noun
Meaning 6
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: firework
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: low explosive
Narrower terms: catherine wheel, pinwheel, firecracker, cracker, banger, fizgig, maroon, Roman candle, serpent, skyrocket, rocket, sparkler, squib, torpedo
History
Etymology
From Latin pyrotechnica, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, workmanlike”). Analyzable as pyro- + technic.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пиротехнически (pirotehničeski) — of or relating to fireworks
- Catalan: pirotècnic — of or relating to fireworks
- Chinese Mandarin: 煙火的 /烟火的 (yānhuǒ de) — of or relating to fireworks
- Finnish: pyrotekninen — of or relating to fireworks
- French: pyrotechnique — of or relating to fireworks
- Latin: pyrotechnicus — of or relating to fireworks
- Russian: пиротехни́ческий (pirotexníčeskij) — of or relating to fireworks
- Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī — of or relating to fireworks
- Spanish: pirotécnico — of or relating to fireworks
- Swedish: pyroteknisk — of or relating to fireworks
- Finnish: pyrotekninen — of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy
- Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī — of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy
- Finnish: ilotulitusmainen — resembling fireworks
- Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī — resembling fireworks
- Catalan: pirotècnic — of or relating to pyrotechny
- Finnish: pyrotekninen — of or relating to pyrotechny
- Finnish: räjähdystekninen — of or relating to pyrotechny
- Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī — of or relating to pyrotechny