technique English · revision 4986

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1817|origins=grc τεχνικός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /tekˈniːk/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|technique|t=formal details of artistic expression]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) a noun use of the adjective technique “of art, technical”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from a Latinized form of [[grc|τεχνικός|tr=tekhnikós|t=pertaining to art]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from tékhnē “art, skill, craft”.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[technical]] and [[technology]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The manner of artistic execution or performance: 1817 in the OED, Barnhart and MWU, in Coleridge's Biographia Literaria.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At first it was used especially in criticism of art and music,^(Etymonline) and it then spread to the methods of any skill or science.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) Skill in sexual relations is from 1921.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1817 – artistic execution.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1921 – sexual technique.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A particular way of doing something, especially one that needs skill.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Skill in the basic, practical parts of an art, sport or other activity.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[microtechnique]]

+ * [[Alexander technique]]

+ * [[twelve-tone technique]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[technic]]

+ * [[technical]]

+ * [[technician]]

+ * [[technology]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}