noun
Meaning 1
The manufacture and use of fireworks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
pyrotechny
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noun
Meaning 2
Impressive, dazzling or virtuosic display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 1670, Uncredited translator, The Golden Calf by John Frederick Helvetius (1667), London: John Starkey, Chapter 4, Indeed all men well skilled in the Chymical Science, have a necessity of assenting to me in this, viz. that Pyrotechny is the Mother, and Nurse of various noble Sciences and Arts.
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noun
Meaning 4
The manufacture and use of gunpowder, bombs etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
the craft of making fireworks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pyrotechnics
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trade, craft
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English tech English -y English pyrotechny From pyro- + tech + -y.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 煙火製造術 /烟火制造术 (yānhuǒ zhìzàoshù) — manufacture and use of fireworks
- Finnish: pyrotekniikka — manufacture and use of fireworks
- Portuguese: pirotecnia — manufacture and use of fireworks
- Portuguese: pirotécnica — manufacture and use of fireworks
- Finnish: pyrotekniikka — use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy
- Portuguese: pirotecnia — use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy
- Portuguese: pirotécnica — use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy
- Finnish: räjähdysaineiden valmistus — manufacture of gunpowder, bombs etc.
- Portuguese: pirotecnia — manufacture of gunpowder, bombs etc.
- Portuguese: pirotécnica — manufacture of gunpowder, bombs etc.