pyrotechnic

English

Etymology

From Latin pyrotechnica, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, workmanlike”). Analyzable as pyro- +‎ technic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈtɛknɪk/
• Hyphenation: py‧ro‧tech‧nic

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Adjective

pyrotechnic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to fireworks.
2. Of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy.
3. Resembling fireworks.
   • 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 178:

     They had spent much of June and July walking about the plateau near Poronin and discussing Kuba’s pyrotechnic schemes for making money. Possibly because of his bourgeois origins, Hanecki had a remarkable financial flair, and extraordinary grasp of money matters—a quality as valuable as it was rare in a revolutionary.

   • 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1]:

     [T]he Weston clan, whose dysfunctions are pyrotechnic in their scale and intensity.

4. Of or relating to pyrotechny. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• pyrotechnic initiator

 

Translations

of or relating to fireworks

• Bulgarian: пиротехнически (pirotehničeski)
• Catalan: pirotècnic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煙火的／烟火的 (yānhuǒ de)

• Finnish: pyrotekninen
• French: pyrotechnique (fr)
• Latin: pyrotechnicus
• Russian: пиротехни́ческий (ru) (pirotexníčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī (sh)
• Spanish: pirotécnico
• Swedish: pyroteknisk (sv)

of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy

• Finnish: pyrotekninen
• Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī (sh)

resembling fireworks

• Finnish: ilotulitusmainen
• Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī (sh)

of or relating to pyrotechny

• Catalan: pirotècnic
• Finnish: pyrotekninen, räjähdystekninen
• Serbo-Croatian: pirotèhničkī (sh)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} pyrotechnique (fr) (1)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} pirotecnico (it) (1)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} pyrotechnicus (1)

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