technique
The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
Noun 3 meanings
The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
Etymology
Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.
TECHNIQUE at a glance
TECHNIQUE has 9 letters and scores 23 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + C 3 + H 4 + N 1 + I 1 + Q 10 + U 1 + E 1) and 25 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,135 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with technique
All rhymes- UNIQUE15
- MOSQUE17
- ANTIQUE16
- CRITIQUE19
- PLAQUE17
- TORQUE15
- BOUTIQUE19
- PICTURESQUE24
- CHEQUE20
- OPAQUE17
- BAROQUE18
- PHYSIQUE25
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