pyrotechnics

English

WOTD – 4 July 2010

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ technic +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌpaɪ.ɹə.ˈtɛk.nəks/
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Noun

pyrotechnics (uncountable)

The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.
A display of fireworks.
(figuratively) An impressive display.
- 1978 August 19, Kevin Warren, “A Flawless Production”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 17:
  Dazzling verbal pyrotechnics and incredibly vivid characterization.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 222:
  Mainstream Records, wowed by Nugent's Hendrix-like guitar pyrotechnics, signed the guys and issued their self-titled debut album in 1968.

Synonyms

(display of fireworks): fireworks

Related terms

Translations

art and technology of fireworks

Albanian: piroteknikë (sq) f
Armenian: հրարվեստ (hy) (hrarvest), պիրոտեխնիկա (hy) (pirotexnika)
Asturian: pirotecnia f
Azerbaijani: pirotexnika
Belarusian: піратэ́хніка f (piratéxnika)
Bulgarian: пироте́хника (bg) f (pirotéhnika)
Catalan: pirotècnia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 煙火製造術／烟火制造术 (yānhuo zhìzàoshù)
Czech: pyrotechnika f
Danish: pyroteknik c
Dutch: pyrotechniek f
Estonian: pürotehnika
Finnish: pyrotekniikka (fi)
French: pyrotechnie (fr) f
Galician: pirotecnia f
Georgian: პიროტექნიკა (ṗiroṭekniḳa)
German: Pyrotechnik (de) f, Feuerwerkerei f
Greek: πυροτεχνική (el) f (pyrotechnikí), πυροτεχνία (el) f (pyrotechnía)
Hebrew: פִּירוֹטֶכְנִיקָה (he) f (pirotékhnika)
Hungarian: pirotechnika (hu)
Italian: pirotecnica (it) f
Japanese: パイロテクニクス (pairotekunikusu), 火工術 (かこうじゅつ, kakōjutsu)
Kazakh: пиротехника (pirotexnika)
Kyrgyz: пиротехника (pirotehnika)
Macedonian: пиротехника f (pirotehnika)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pyroteknikk m
Polish: pirotechnika (pl) f
Portuguese: pirotecnia (pt) f
Romanian: pirotehnie (ro) f
Russian: пироте́хника (ru) f (pirotéxnika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пиротѐхника f

Roman: pirotèhnika (sh) f
Slovak: pyrotechnika f
Slovene: pirotehnika f
Spanish: pirotecnia f
Swedish: pyroteknik (sv) c
Tajik: тарфгарӣ (tg) (tarfgarī), оташбозӣ (otašbozī)
Ukrainian: піроте́хніка f (pirotéxnika)
Uzbek: pirotexnika (uz)
Volapük: filotav

firework — see firework

an impressive display

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ilotulitus (fi)
Russian: блеск (ru) m (blesk), виртуо́зность (ru) f (virtuóznostʹ)

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