strategic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρατηγικός (strategikos, “of or for a general", also "a treatise on strategy”), from στρατηγός (strategos, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratos, “army”) + ἄγω (ago, “I lead, I conduct”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /stɹəˈtiː.dʒɪk/, X-SAMPA: /str@"ti:.dZIk/

  Rhymes: -iːdʒɪk

Adjective

strategic (comparative more strategic, superlative most strategic)

1. of or pertaining to strategy

Derived terms

• strategical
• strategically
• strategicness
• nonstrategic

Translations

of or pertaining to strategy

• Asturian: estratéxicu (ast)
• Catalan: estratègic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰略的 (cmn), 战略的 (cmn) (zhànlüè de)

• Czech: strategický (cs) m
• Dutch: strategisch (nl)
• Finnish: strateginen (fi)
• French: stratégique (fr)
• Galician: estratéxico (gl)
• German: strategisch (de)
• Greek: στρατηγικός (el) (strategikós)

• Italian: strategico (it)
• Japanese: 戦略的な (ja) (せんりゃくてきな, senryakuteki na)
• Occitan: estrategic (oc)
• Persian: راهبردی (fa) (râhbordi)
• Polish: strategiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: estratégico (pt)
• Russian: стратегический (ru) (strategíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachdail (gd)
• Spanish: estratégico (es)
• Swedish: strategisk
• Telugu: వ్యూహాత్మక (vyoohaatmaka)