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technology

noun · 8 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /tɛkˈnɑ.lə.dʒi/
  • India: /ˈʈek(h).noˈlɔː.dʒiː/
  • India: /ʈek(h)ˈnɔː.lə.dʒiː/
  • Madhya Pradesh Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: T EH0 K N AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts
  • Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Machines or equipment thus designed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The study of or a collection of techniques.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literary, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the practical application of science to commerce or industry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: engineering

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: profession, application, practical application

Narrower terms: aeronautical engineering, automotive technology, automotive engineering, chemical engineering, communications technology, computer technology, high technology, high tech, rail technology, railroading

8

noun

Meaning 8

the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: engineering, engineering science, applied science

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick

Narrower terms: aeronautical engineering, bionics, biotechnology, bioengineering, ergonomics, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, EE, computer science, computing, architectural engineering, industrial engineering, industrial management, information technology, IT, mechanical engineering, nanotechnology, nuclear engineering, naval engineering, rocketry

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

232 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tegnologie — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Albanian: teknologji — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Albanian: teknikë — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Amharic: ቴክኖዎሎጂ (teknowoloǧi) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Amharic: ቴክኖሎጂ (teknoloǧi) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Arabic: تِكْنُولُوجْيَا (teknolōjyā) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Arabic: تِقَانَة (tiqāna) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Arabic: تَقْنِيَة (taqniya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Arabic: تِقْنِيَّة (tiqniyya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Arabic: تكنيك (teknīk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Arabic: تِكْنُلوجيا (tiknulōjya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Arabic: تَقْنِيَة (tagniya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܸܩܢܘܿܠܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܵܐ (tiqnōlōḡīyā) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܼܡܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ (ūmānūtā) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Armenian: տեխնոլոգիա (texnologia) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Armenian: տեխնիկա (texnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Assamese: প্ৰযুক্তি (prozukti) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Asturian: teunoloxía — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Aymara: lurañ yänaka — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Azerbaijani: texnologiya — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Azerbaijani: texnika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Bashkir: технология (texnologiya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Bashkir: техника (texnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Basque: teknologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Belarusian: тэхнало́гія (texnalóhija) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Belarusian: тэхналёгія (texnaljóhija) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Belarusian: тэ́хніка (téxnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Bengali: প্রযুক্তি (projukti) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Bulgarian: техноло́гия (tehnológija) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Bulgarian: те́хника (téhnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Burmese: နည်းပညာ (nany:pa.nya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Carpathian Rusyn: техноло́ґія (texnológija) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Catalan: tecnologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Cebuano: teknolohiya — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Chinese Cantonese: 技術 /技术 (gei6 seot6) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Chinese Mandarin: 技術 /技术 (jìshù) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工藝 /工艺 (gōngyì) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Czech: technologie — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Czech: technika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Danish: teknologi — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Danish: teknik — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Dutch: technologie — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Dutch: techniek — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Esperanto: teknologio — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Estonian: tehnoloogia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Estonian: tehnika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Finnish: teknologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • French: technologie — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • French: technique — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Galician: tecnoloxía — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Georgian: ტექნოლოგია (ṭeknologia) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Georgian: ტექნიკა (ṭekniḳa) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • German: Technologie — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • German: Technik — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Greek: τεχνολογία (technología) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Greek: τεχνική (technikí) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Gujarati: ટેકનોલોજી (ṭeknolojī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Haitian Creole: teknoloji — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hawaiian: ʻenehana — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hebrew: טֶכנוֹלוֹגִיָה (tekhnológya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hebrew: טֶכְנִיקָה (tékhnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hiligaynon: teknolohiya — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hindi: टैकनोलजी (ṭaiknoljī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hindi: प्रौद्योगिकी (praudyogikī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hindi: तकनीक (taknīk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hungarian: technológia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Hungarian: technika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Icelandic: tækni — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Igbo: nka na uzu — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Indonesian: teknologi — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Indonesian: teknik — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Inuktitut: ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑏᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖏᑕᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓂᖓ (sanarrotiit atootingitalo qaoyimayaoninga) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Irish: teicneolaíocht — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Italian: tecnologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Italian: tecnica — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Japanese: 技術 (gijutsu) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Japanese: テクノロジー (tekunorojī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Kannada: ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ (tantrajñāna) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Kazakh: технология (texnologiä) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Kazakh: техника (texnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Khmer: បច្ចេកវិទ្យា (pacceekaʼvityiə) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Khmer: តិកនិក (təknɨk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Korean: 기술 (gisul) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Korean: 테크놀러지 (tekeunolleoji) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Korean: 테크놀로지 (tekeunolloji) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Northern Kurdish: teknolojî — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Kyrgyz: технология (tehnologiya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Kyrgyz: техника (tehnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Lao: ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ (tek nō lō sī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Lao: ເທກນິກ (thēk nik) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Latin: technologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Latvian: tehnoloģija — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Latvian: tehnika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Lithuanian: technologija — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Lithuanian: technika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Macedonian: технологија (tehnologija) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Macedonian: техника (tehnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Malagasy: teknôlôjia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Malay: teknologi — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Malayalam: സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യ (sāṅkētikavidya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Maltese: teknoloġija — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Māori: hangarau — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Marathi: तंत्रज्ञान (tantrajñān) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Mongolian: технологи (texnologi) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Mongolian: техник (texnik) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tûasǜlûa — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Nahuatl: āmantēcayōtl — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Nepali: प्रविधि (pravidhi) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Norman: technologie — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teknologi — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teknikk — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Occitan: tecnologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Odia: ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ବିଦ୍ୟା (prajukti bidyā) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Pashto: تکنالوجي (teknāloji) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Pashto: تکنالوژي (teknāloži) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Pashto: ټکنالوجي (ṭeknāloji) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Pashto: تخنيک (taxnīk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Pashto: تکنيک (taknīk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Pashto: ټکنيک (ṭaknīk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Pennsylvania German: Waerkzeichheit — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Iranian Persian: فَناوَری (fanâvari) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Iranian Persian: تِکْنولوژی (teknoloži) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Iranian Persian: تِکْنیک (teknik) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Polish: technika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Polish: technologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Portuguese: tecnologia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Portuguese: técnica — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Punjabi: ਤਕਨੀਕੀ (taknīkī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Punjabi: ਤਕਨਾਲੋਜੀ (taknālojī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Romanian: tehnologie — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Romanian: tehnologii — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Romanian: tehnică — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Romanian: технолоӂие (tehnologie) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Russian: техноло́гия (texnológija) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Russian: те́хника (téxnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Scottish Gaelic: teicneolas — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Serbo-Croatian: техноло̀гија — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѐхника — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Serbo-Croatian: tehnològija — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Serbo-Croatian: tèhnika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Sicilian: tinnuluggìa — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Sicilian: ticnuluggìa — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Sicilian: ticchinuluggìa — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Silesian: technologijŏ — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Sinhalese: තාක්ෂණය (tākṣaṇaya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Slovak: technológia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Slovak: technika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Slovene: tehnologija — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Slovene: tehnika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Spanish: tecnología — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Spanish: técnica — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Swahili: teknolojia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Swahili: tekinolojia — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Swedish: teknologi — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Swedish: teknik — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tagalog: teknolohiya — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tagalog: aghimuan — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tajik: технология (texnologiya) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tajik: техника (texnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tajik: фанноварӣ (fannovari) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tamil: தொழினுட்பம் (toḻiṉuṭpam) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tamil: தொழில்நுட்பம் (toḻilnuṭpam) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tatar: технология (texnologiyä) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tatar: техника (texniqa) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Telugu: టెక్నాలజీ (ṭeknālajī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Telugu: సాంకేతిక విజ్ఞానం (sāṅkētika vijñānaṁ) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Thai: เทคโนโลยี (ték-noo-loo-yii) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Thai: เทคนิค (ték-nìk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tibetan: འཕྲུལ་ལས་རིག་གནས ('phrul las rig gnas) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Tigrinya: ተክኖሎጊ (täknologi) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Turkish: teknoloji — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Turkmen: tehnologiýa — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Ukrainian: техноло́гія (texnolóhija) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Ukrainian: те́хніка (téxnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Urdu: ٹَیکْنالوجی (ṭaiknālojī) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Urdu: تَکْنِیک (taknīk) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Uyghur: تېخنىكا (tëxnika) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Uyghur: تېخنولوگىيە (tëxnologiye) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Uzbek: texnologiya — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Uzbek: texnika — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Vietnamese: kỹ thuật — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Vietnamese: công nghệ — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Welsh: technoleg — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Yiddish: טעכנאָלאָגיע (tekhnologye) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Yiddish: טעכניק (tekhnik) — the study of or a collection of techniques
  • Belarusian: тэхнало́гія (texnalóhija) — a particular technological concept
  • Belarusian: тэхналёгія (texnaljóhija) — a particular technological concept
  • Bulgarian: техноло́гия (tehnológija) — a particular technological concept
  • Cebuano: teknolohiya — a particular technological concept
  • Chinese Mandarin: 科技 (kējì) — a particular technological concept
  • Finnish: tekniikka — a particular technological concept
  • Finnish: menetelmä — a particular technological concept
  • Greek: τεχνολογία (technología) — a particular technological concept
  • Irish: teicneolaíocht — a particular technological concept
  • Italian: tecnologia — a particular technological concept
  • Japanese: 技術 (gijutsu) — a particular technological concept
  • Korean: 과학기술 (gwahakgisul) — a particular technological concept
  • Polish: technologia — a particular technological concept
  • Portuguese: tecnologia — a particular technological concept
  • Romanian: tehnologie — a particular technological concept
  • Russian: техноло́гия (texnológija) — a particular technological concept
  • Scottish Gaelic: teicneolas — a particular technological concept
  • Serbo-Croatian: техноло̀гија — a particular technological concept
  • Serbo-Croatian: tehnològija — a particular technological concept
  • Slovene: tehnologija — a particular technological concept
  • Spanish: tecnología — a particular technological concept
  • Swahili: teknolojia — a particular technological concept
  • Swahili: tekinolojia — a particular technological concept
  • Swedish: teknologi — a particular technological concept
  • Tamil: தொழினுட்பம் (toḻiṉuṭpam) — a particular technological concept
  • Tamil: தொழில்நுட்பம் (toḻilnuṭpam) — a particular technological concept
  • Yiddish: טעכניק (tekhnik) — a particular technological concept
  • Czech: technika — body of tools
  • Finnish: tekniikka — body of tools
  • Finnish: tekniikat — body of tools
  • Finnish: teknologia — body of tools
  • Greek: τεχνολογία (technología) — body of tools
  • Indonesian: teknologi — body of tools
  • Irish: teicneolaíocht — body of tools
  • Italian: tecnologia — body of tools
  • Portuguese: tecnologia — body of tools
  • Romanian: tehnologie — body of tools
  • Russian: те́хника (téxnika) — body of tools
  • Scottish Gaelic: teicneolas — body of tools
  • Serbo-Croatian: техноло̀гија — body of tools
  • Serbo-Croatian: tehnològija — body of tools
  • Spanish: tecnología — body of tools
  • Swahili: teknolojia — body of tools
  • Swahili: tekinolojia — body of tools
  • Swedish: teknologi — body of tools
  • Tajik: технолоҷӣ (texnoloji) — body of tools
  • Yiddish: טעכנאָלאָגיע (tekhnologye) — body of tools
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