Afrikaans tegnies | ||
Albanian teknike | ||
Amharic ቴክኒካዊ | ||
Arabic تقني | ||
Armenian տեխնիկական | ||
Assamese কাৰিকৰী | ||
Aymara técnico | ||
Azerbaijani texniki | ||
Bambara fɛɛrɛko siratigɛ la | ||
Basque teknikoa | ||
Belarusian тэхнічны | ||
Bengali প্রযুক্তিগত | ||
Bhojpuri तकनीकी के बा | ||
Bosnian tehnički | ||
Bulgarian технически | ||
Catalan tècnic | ||
Cebuano teknikal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 技术 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 技術 | ||
Corsican tecnicu | ||
Croatian tehničke | ||
Czech technický | ||
Danish teknisk | ||
Dhivehi ޓެކްނިކަލް | ||
Dogri तकनीकी | ||
Dutch technisch | ||
English technical | ||
Esperanto teknika | ||
Estonian tehniline | ||
Ewe mɔ̃ɖaŋununya | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) teknikal | ||
Finnish tekninen | ||
French technique | ||
Frisian technysk | ||
Galician técnico | ||
Georgian ტექნიკური | ||
German technisch | ||
Greek τεχνικός | ||
Guarani técnico | ||
Gujarati તકનીકી | ||
Haitian Creole teknik | ||
Hausa fasaha | ||
Hawaiian ʻenehana | ||
Hebrew טֶכנִי | ||
Hindi तकनीकी | ||
Hmong kev | ||
Hungarian műszaki | ||
Icelandic tæknilegt | ||
Igbo oru | ||
Ilocano teknikal nga | ||
Indonesian teknis | ||
Irish teicniúil | ||
Italian tecnico | ||
Japanese テクニカル | ||
Javanese teknis | ||
Kannada ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ | ||
Kazakh техникалық | ||
Khmer បច្ចេកទេស | ||
Kinyarwanda tekiniki | ||
Konkani तंत्रीक | ||
Korean 전문인 | ||
Krio teknikol | ||
Kurdish teknîkî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تەکنیکی | ||
Kyrgyz техникалык | ||
Lao ດ້ານວິຊາການ | ||
Latin technica | ||
Latvian tehnisks | ||
Lingala ya tekiniki | ||
Lithuanian techninis | ||
Luganda eby’ekikugu | ||
Luxembourgish technesch | ||
Macedonian технички | ||
Maithili तकनीकी | ||
Malagasy ara-teknika | ||
Malay teknikal | ||
Malayalam സാങ്കേതികമായ | ||
Maltese tekniku | ||
Maori hangarau | ||
Marathi तांत्रिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯦꯛꯅꯤꯀꯦꯂꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ ꯑꯦꯝ | ||
Mizo technical lam a ni | ||
Mongolian техникийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နည်းပညာ | ||
Nepali प्राविधिक | ||
Norwegian teknisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) luso | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯାନ୍ତ୍ରିକ | | ||
Oromo teeknikaa | ||
Pashto تخنیکي | ||
Persian فنی | ||
Polish techniczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) técnico | ||
Punjabi ਤਕਨੀਕੀ | ||
Quechua técnico nisqa | ||
Romanian tehnic | ||
Russian технический | ||
Samoan faapitoa | ||
Sanskrit तकनीकी | ||
Scots Gaelic teicnigeach | ||
Sepedi setegeniki | ||
Serbian технички | ||
Sesotho botekgeniki | ||
Shona technical | ||
Sindhi ٽيڪنيڪل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කාර්මික | ||
Slovak technický | ||
Slovenian tehnični | ||
Somali farsamo | ||
Spanish técnico | ||
Sundanese téknis | ||
Swahili kiufundi | ||
Swedish teknisk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) panteknikal | ||
Tajik техникӣ | ||
Tamil தொழில்நுட்ப | ||
Tatar техник | ||
Telugu సాంకేతిక | ||
Thai ทางเทคนิค | ||
Tigrinya ቴክኒካዊ ምዃኑ ይፍለጥ | ||
Tsonga swa xithekiniki | ||
Turkish teknik | ||
Turkmen tehniki | ||
Twi (Akan) mfiridwuma ho nimdeɛ | ||
Ukrainian технічні | ||
Urdu تکنیکی | ||
Uyghur تېخنىكىلىق | ||
Uzbek texnik | ||
Vietnamese kỹ thuật | ||
Welsh technegol | ||
Xhosa zobugcisa | ||
Yiddish טעכניש | ||
Yoruba imọ-ẹrọ | ||
Zulu ubuchwepheshe |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Tegnies is also used to describe a person who is skilled in a particular field or subject. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "teknike" is derived from the Greek word "τεχνική" and refers to both "technical" and "technology". |
| Amharic | ቴክኒካዊ is used to describe both a person's level of skill (professional vs. amateur) and a thing's technological complexity. |
| Arabic | The word "تقني" in Arabic can also mean "artisan" or "skillful worker". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "texniki" can also refer to "technology" or "art" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The basque word |
| Belarusian | The word "тэхнічны" can also refer to something that is difficult to understand or solve, or something that requires special knowledge or skills. |
| Bengali | The word "প্রযুক্তিগত" can also refer to something that is highly specialized or complex. |
| Bosnian | As an adjective, "tehnički" (pronounced "tek-knee-ch-kee") can also mean "skillful" or "capable", e.g.: "Tehnički vješt majstor" ("A skilled craftsman") |
| Bulgarian | The word "технически" can also mean "formally" or "in theory". |
| Catalan | The word "tècnic" in Catalan has Greek origin and initially meant "related to art", and only later, "related to technique". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "teknikal" can also mean "skillful" or "expert". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In addition to meaning "technical," 技术 can also mean "technology, skill, technique, or art". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 技術 in Traditional Chinese can also refer to art, craft or skill, while in Simplified Chinese it primarily means "technology". |
| Corsican | The word "tecnicu" in Corsican can also refer to something that is complicated or difficult to understand. |
| Croatian | The word 'tehničke' also means 'technical subjects' in Croatian. |
| Czech | In Czech, 'technický' can also refer to a high school student studying a technical field. |
| Danish | The word "teknisk" in Danish can also mean "skillful" or "artistic". |
| Dutch | The word 'technisch' is derived from the Greek word 'tekhnikos' meaning 'pertaining to art or skill'. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "teknika" is a borrowing from Russian "те́хника", which in turn came from Ancient Greek "τεχνικὴ τέχνη", meaning "art" or "craft." |
| Estonian | “Tehniline” is derived from the Greek "tekhne," meaning "art" or "skill", and is related to the English word "technology" |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "tekninen" also means "artificial" or "synthetic". |
| French | In French, the word "technique" can also refer to a specific method or procedure in a trade, art, or science. |
| Frisian | The word "technysk" is derived from the Greek word "tekhnikos", meaning "of or relating to art or skill." |
| Galician | En gallego, "técnico" también puede referirse a un profesional del ámbito sanitario, como un enfermero o un fisioterapeuta. |
| Georgian | The word "ტექნიკური" (teknikuri) is derived from the word "texvniki" (τέχνικι), which in Greek means "artistic, crafted" and "technological, pertaining to crafts." |
| German | Though the term "technisch" means "technical" in German, it can also be used to mean "feasible" or "practicable". |
| Greek | Technically, "τεχνικός" can refer to someone who does manual work or a member of a guild or profession. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "તકનીકી" also means "art", "technology", "tactic" and "science". |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'teknik' can also mean 'skill' or 'technique', highlighting the importance of practical knowledge in Haitian culture. |
| Hausa | Hausa "fasaha" also means "art" or "expertise" |
| Hawaiian | ʻEnehana is also a word for tools, skills, or expertise in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | טֶכנִי is also used to describe something that is done by an expert, like a professional dancer or musician. |
| Hindi | The word 'तकनीकी' is derived from the root 'तक', meaning 'to do' or 'to make' |
| Hmong | The word "kev" can also refer to knowledge and intelligence. |
| Hungarian | The word "műszaki" also refers to the Hungarian University of Technology and Economics (BME). |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "tæknilegt" derives from the Dutch word "technisch" and the Greek word "τέχνη" (téchnē), meaning "art" or "skill." |
| Igbo | The word "oru" in Igbo can also refer to "a type of woven cloth" or "a person who is skilled in a particular craft or trade". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "teknis" comes from the Greek word "technê," meaning "craft," and also refers to a specific field or domain such as "computer engineering." |
| Irish | The Irish word "teicniúil" originates from the Greek word "τεχνικός" (tekhnikos), meaning "pertaining to art or skill". |
| Italian | Tecnico can refer to a person with technical expertise or, in slang, a 'geek' or 'nerd'. |
| Japanese | テクニカル means "detail-oriented" but can also carry connotations of specialized or advanced technical knowledge. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "teknis" means both "technical" and "skillful" |
| Kannada | ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ is derived from the Sanskrit words 'tantra' meaning 'loom' or 'method' and 'ka' meaning 'belonging to or relating to'. |
| Kazakh | The word "техникалық" can also mean "equipment" or "machinery" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | បច្ចេកទេស (Pachcheka Thot) in Khmer means 'technical' but also 'expertise' or 'skill'. It is derived from the Sanskrit word 'pratyekatava', meaning 'done by oneself' or 'individual'. This word in Khmer is used widely in many contexts, even beyond science and technology. |
| Korean | The word "전문인" is derived from the Chinese characters "專門人", which literally mean "person specializing in". |
| Kurdish | The word "teknîkî" is derived from the Greek word "τεχνικός," meaning "of or pertaining to art or technique." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "техникалык" has an adjectival form that can be used for both masculine and feminine nouns. |
| Lao | The first Lao character means 'to make', the second means 'side', and the fourth means 'knowledge'. |
| Latin | Ancient meanings of 'technica' include 'manual skill', 'practical art', and 'art of construction'. |
| Latvian | Tehnisks also means the ability to write fast in shorthand. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "techninis" originates from the ancient Greek "τέχνη" (technikē) "art", "skill", "craft" |
| Macedonian | The word "технички" also means "plumber" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The root of the word “ara-teknika” comes from the Malay word "aratek" or Arabic word “`arabiyah” for "carriage, horse carriage or cart."} |
| Malay | The Malay word 'teknikal' is derived from the English word 'technical', which in turn comes from the Greek word 'tekhnikos', meaning 'of or relating to art or craft'. |
| Malayalam | The word "technical" in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit word "tantrika", which means "relating to a technique or system". It has several other meanings, including "specialized", "scientific", and "practical". It also has a connotation of "difficult" or "complex". |
| Maltese | The word "tekniku" in Maltese can also refer to a type of traditional Maltese folk song. |
| Maori | Hangarau also refers to a traditional Maori system of knowledge and practice that encompasses the arts, crafts, and technology. |
| Marathi | The term "तांत्रिक" can also refer to a practitioner of Tantra, an esoteric tradition that emphasizes ritual and meditation. |
| Mongolian | The word "техникийн" can also refer to technicians or engineers. |
| Nepali | The word 'प्राविधिक' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'प्रवृत्ति', meaning 'practice' or 'activity', and is cognate with the English word 'practice'. |
| Norwegian | "Teknisk" i norsk kan også referere til medisinsk utstyr og teknologiske løsninger innen helsevesenet. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "luso" in Nyanja also refers to skilled craftsmen or technicians. |
| Pashto | The word "تخنیکي" can also refer to something that is "artificial" or "man-made". |
| Persian | The word "فنی" is ultimately derived from the Greek word "τέχνη" (technē), meaning "art" or "skill". |
| Polish | "Techniczny" can also mean "synthetic" in Polish, with "materiał techniczny" corresponding to "fabric" (often made of artificial materials) and "techniczne barwniki" meaning "dyes used in industry or for technical purposes" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "técnico" in Brazilian Portuguese can also refer to a football player who plays in the middle of the field. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, tehnic can also mean 'skilled or proficient'. |
| Russian | Originally the word meant "pertaining to art, craft, knowledge, science", so the phrase "технические средства" meant "educational tools". |
| Samoan | Faapitoa can also refer to something that is 'difficult' or 'hard to do'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'teicnigeach' comes from the Greek word 'tekhne,' meaning art or craft. |
| Serbian | The word "технички" in Serbian can also refer to a person who provides technical support or is skilled in technical matters. |
| Sesotho | The word "botekgeniki" is derived from the English word "technical". |
| Shona | In Shona, the word 'technical' can also mean 'practical' or 'skillful'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In addition to its common meaning, 'කාර්මික' can also refer to a type of artisan or craftsman in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "technický" also means "artistic" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "tehnični" derives from Greek "tekhnikos", meaning "of or relating to art or craft". |
| Somali | Farsamo, derived from 'farsama' ('skill' or 'craft'), denotes both 'technical' and 'skill-based' in Somali. |
| Spanish | While "técnico" generally means "technical," it can also refer to a technician or an expert in a particular field. |
| Sundanese | The word "téknis" in Sundanese can also mean "skilled" or "expert". |
| Swahili | In some contexts, 'kiufundi' can refer to a special skill or knowledge in addition to technical knowledge. |
| Swedish | The word "teknisk" is used in Swedish to refer to both technical skills and to the technical implementation of a project. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Panteknikal also means "polytechnic" in terms of education. |
| Tajik | "Техникӣ" is derived from the Greek word "τέχνη" (téchnē), meaning "art" or "skill." |
| Telugu | The word "సాంకేతిక" is not exclusively used to describe "technical", but also encompasses the idea of "skill" or "art." |
| Thai | The English word "technical" has the alternate meaning "related to techniques". |
| Turkish | Teknik also means "one step" or "single step" in Turkish, and is related to the Arabic word "taqniq" meaning "to knock". |
| Ukrainian | The word "технічні" can also refer to "technical school diploma holders" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "تکنیکی" (technical) is derived from the Greek word "τέχνη" (tekhnē), meaning "art, skill, or craft." |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "texnik" can also mean "technology" or "means". |
| Vietnamese | The word "kỹ thuật" comes from the Chinese characters "技 術" and originally referred to military strategy. |
| Welsh | In some old-fashioned contexts, the Welsh word "technegol" can mean "artificial" or even "hypocritical". |
| Xhosa | The word 'zobugcisa' is also used to describe something that is difficult or complex. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "טעכניש" ("technical") is derived from the Greek word "τεχνικός" ("skillful, artistic") and the Slavic word "техника" ("art, craft"). |
| Zulu | "Ubuchwepheshe" can also refer to proficiency or expertise in Zulu. |
| English | The word 'technical' derives from the Greek word 'τέχνη' (technē), meaning 'art, skill, or craft'. |