pyrotechnics

English

WOTD – 4 July 2010

Pyrotechnics (display of fireworks).

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ technic +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaɪ.ɹə.ˈtɛk.nəks/

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Noun

pyrotechnics (uncountable)

1. The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.
2. A display of fireworks.
3. (figuratively) An impressive display.

Synonyms

• (display of fireworks): fireworks

Related terms

• pyro-
• pyrotechnic
• pyrotechnical
• pyrotechnist
• pyrotechny

Translations

art and technology of fireworks

• Armenian: հրարվեստ (hy) (hrarvest)
• Asturian: pirotecnia f
• Catalan: pirotècnia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煙火製造術／烟火制造术, 烟火制造术 (yānhuǒ zhìzào shù)

• Dutch: pyrotechniek
• Finnish: pyrotekniikka (fi)
• French: pyrotechnie (fr) f
• Galician: pirotecnia f
• German: Pyrotechnik (de) f, Feuerwerkerei f
• Greek: πυροτεχνία f (pyrotechnía)
• Hebrew: פִּירוֹטֶכְנִיקָה (he) f (pirotekhnika)
• Hungarian: pirotechnika (hu)
• Italian: pirotecnica (it) f
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• Japanese: パイロテクニクス (pairotekunikusu)
• Norwegian: pyroteknikk
• Polish: pirotechnika (pl) f
• Portuguese: pirotecnia (pt) f
• Russian: пироте́хника (ru) f (pirotéxnika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пиротехника f

  Roman: pirotehnika (sh) f

• Spanish: pirotecnia f
• Swedish: pyroteknik (sv)
• Tajik: тарфгарӣ (tg) (tarfgarī), оташбозӣ (otašbozī)
• Ukrainian: піроте́хніка f (pirotéxnika)
• Volapük: filotav

firework — see firework

an impressive display

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: ilotulitus (fi)
• Russian: блеск (ru) m (blesk), виртуо́зность (ru) f (virtuóznostʹ)

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