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technological

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˌtɛk.nəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kɫ̩]
  • General-American: /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kəl/
  • General-American: [ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kɫ̩]
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  • CMU ARPABET: T EH2 K N AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • technical college
  • technological development

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: technical

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

based in scientific and industrial progress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a technological civilization

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English technology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English technological From technology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tegnologies — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Albanian: teknologjik — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Aragonese: tecnolochico — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Armenian: տեխնոլոգիական (texnologiakan) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Armenian: տեխնիկական (texnikakan) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Asturian: teunolóxicu — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Basque: teknologiko — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Belarusian: тэхналагі́чны (texnalahíčny) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Bulgarian: технологически (tehnologičeski) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Catalan: tecnològic — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 技術性 /技术性 (jìshùxìng) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Czech: technologický — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Danish: teknologisk — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Dutch: technologisch — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Esperanto: teknologia — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Estonian: tehnoloogiline — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Finnish: teknologinen — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • French: technologique — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Galician: tecnolóxico — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Georgian: ტექნოლოგიური (ṭeknologiuri) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • German: technologisch — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Greek: τεχνολογικός (technologikós) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Haitian Creole: teknolojik — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Hebrew: טֶכְנוֹלוֹגִי (tekhnológi) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Hungarian: technológiai — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Ido: teknologiala — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Indonesian: teknologis — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Interlingua: technologic — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Irish: teicneolaíoch — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Italian: tecnologico — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Japanese: 技術の (gijutsu no) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Kazakh: технологиялық (texnologiälyq) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Korean: 기술 (gisul) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Northern Kurdish: teknolojîk — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Kyrgyz: технологиялык (tehnologiyalık) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Latin: technologicus — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Latvian: tehnoloģisks — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Lithuanian: technologinis — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Luxembourgish: technologesch — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Macedonian: технолошки (tehnološki) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Maltese: teknoloġiku — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Norman: technologique — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teknologisk — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teknologisk — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Occitan: tecnologic — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Persian: فناورانه (fanâvarâne) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Persian: تکنولوژیکی (teknoložiki) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Polish: technologiczny — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Portuguese: tecnológico — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Romanian: tehnologic — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Romanian: технолоӂик (tehnologic) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Russian: технологи́ческий (texnologíčeskij) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Scots: technological — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Serbo-Croatian: техноло̀гӣјскӣ — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Serbo-Croatian: tehnològījskī — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Sicilian: tecnulòggicu — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Slovak: technologický — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Slovene: tehnološki — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Spanish: tecnológico — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Swedish: teknologisk — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Tagalog: teknolohiko — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Tajik: технологӣ (texnologi) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Turkish: teknolojik — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Turkmen: tehnologik — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Ukrainian: технологі́чний (texnolohíčnyj) — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Uzbek: texnologik — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Vietnamese: công nghệ — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Welsh: technolegol — of, relating to, or involving technology
  • Yiddish: טעכנאָלאָגיש (tekhnologish) — of, relating to, or involving technology
Real reading context

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