pyrotechnics

English

WOTD – 4 July 2010

Pyrotechnics (display of fireworks).

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ technic +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaɪ.ɹəˈtɛk.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.
   • 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

• pyro-
• pyrotechnic
• pyrotechnical
• pyrotechnist
• pyrotechny

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) (tarfgari), оташбозӣ (otašbozi)
• Ukrainian: піроте́хніка f (pirotéxnika)
• Uzbek: pirotexnika (uz)
• Volapük: filotav

firework — see firework

an impressive display

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壯觀展示／壮观展示 (zhuàngguān zhǎnshì)

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

Anagrams

• phenocrystic