pyrotechnics

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pyrotechnics

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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 (es) 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)

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