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