tectonic

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1650s, in sense of building, from Late Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós, “pertaining to building”), from Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “carpenter, joiner, maker”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to make”) (from which also texture). In sense of geology, attested 1894. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) + -ic (“pertaining to”).

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: строителен (stroitelen) — relating to construction or architecture
• Bulgarian: архитектурен (arhitekturen) — relating to construction or architecture
• Chinese Mandarin: 地殼構造 /地壳构造 — relating to construction or architecture
• German: architektonisch — relating to construction or architecture
• Portuguese: tectónico — relating to construction or architecture
• Portuguese: tectônico — relating to construction or architecture
• Spanish: tectónico — relating to construction or architecture
• Swedish: arkitektonisk — relating to construction or architecture
• Swedish: tektonisk — relating to construction or architecture
• Asturian: tectónicu — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Belarusian: тэктані́чны (tektaníčny) — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Bulgarian: тектоничен (tektoničen) — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Catalan: tectònic — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Czech: tektonický — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Danish: tektonisk — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Dutch: tektonisch — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Finnish: tektoninen — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• French: tectonique — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Galician: tectónico — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• German: tektonisch — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Hungarian: tektonikus — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Irish: teicteonach — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Italian: tettonico — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Latvian: tektonisks — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Norwegian Bokmål: tektonisk — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tektonisk — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Polish: tektoniczny — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Russian: тектони́ческий (tektoníčeskij) — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Spanish: tectónico — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Swedish: tektonisk — (geology) relating to large-scale movements
• Ukrainian: тектоні́чний (tektoníčnyj) — (geology) relating to large-scale movements