tactic

See also: tàctic

English

Alternative forms

• tactick (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-der.

Proto-Hellenic *tat͏̌t͏̌ō

Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós)bor.

New Latin tacticabor.

English tactic

Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæktɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æktɪk

Noun

tactic (plural tactics)

1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

   Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver, course of action

   Coordinate term: strategy

   • 2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect‎^[1], number Fall 2019, archived from the original on 22 September 2019:

     Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic).

2. (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
3. (chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

Derived terms

• counter-tactic
• countertactic
• delaying tactic
• delay tactic
• scare tactic

Translations

action to achieve some end

• Arabic: تَخْطِيط m (taḵṭīṭ)
• Armenian: մարտավարություն (hy) (martavarutʻyun), տակտիկա (hy) (taktika)
• Belarusian: та́ктыка f (táktyka)
• Bulgarian: та́ктика (bg) f (táktika)
• Catalan: tàctica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰術 / 战术 (zh) (zhànshù)

• Czech: taktika (cs) f, postup (cs) m
• Dutch: tactiek (nl) f, gevechtsleer f, krijgskunde (nl) f
• Esperanto: taktiko
• Finnish: veto (fi), toimenpide (fi), taktiikka (fi)
• French: tactique (fr) f
• Georgian: ტაქტიკა (ṭakṭiḳa)
• German: Taktik (de) f
• Greek: τακτική (el) f (taktikí)

  Ancient Greek: στρατήγημα n (stratḗgēma)

• Indonesian: taktik (id)
• Irish: teaictic f, beart m, beartaíocht f, oirbheart m
• Italian: tattica (it) f, stratagemma (it) m, piano (it) m, programma (it) m
• Japanese: 戦術 (ja) (せんじゅつ, senjutsu), 戦法 (ja) (せんぽう, senpō)
• Khmer: យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ (km) (yutthĕəʼsaah)
• Korean: 전술(戰術) (ko) (jeonsul)
• Latvian: taktika f
• Lithuanian: taktika f
• Macedonian: тактика f (taktika)
• Māori: rauhanga, rautara
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تاکْتیک (tâktik)

• Polish: taktyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: táctica (pt) f (Portugal), tática (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: tactică (ro) f
• Russian: та́ктика (ru) f (táktika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̀ктика f

  Latin: tàktika (sh) f

• Slovak: taktika f
• Slovene: taktika (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: taktika f

• Spanish: táctica (es) f
• Swedish: taktik (sv) c
• Thai: ยุทธวิธี (th) (yút-tá-wí-tii)
• Ukrainian: та́ктика (uk) f (táktyka)
• Vietnamese: chiến thuật (vi) (戰術), thuật (vi) (術 (vi))
• Yiddish: טאַקטיק f (taktik)

military manoeuvre used against an enemy

• Albanian: taktikë (sq) f
• Arabic: تَكْتِيك (ar) m (taktīk)
• Armenian: մարտավարություն (hy) (martavarutʻyun), տակտիկա (hy) (taktika)
• Azerbaijani: taktika
• Belarusian: та́ктыка f (táktyka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰術 / 战术 (zh) (zhànshù) (tactics or strategy)

• Czech: taktika (cs) f
• Danish: taktik c
• Dutch: tactiek (nl) f
• Esperanto: taktiko
• Estonian: taktika
• Finnish: taktiikka (fi)
• French: tactique (fr) f
• Georgian: ტაქტიკა (ṭakṭiḳa)
• German: Taktik (de) f
• Greek: τακτική (el) f (taktikí)
• Hebrew: טַקטִיקָה (he) f (táktika)
• Hungarian: harcászat (hu), taktika (hu)
• Japanese: 戦術 (ja) (せんじゅつ, senjutsu)
• Kazakh: тактика (taktiyka)
• Korean: 전술(戰術) (ko) (jeonsul)
• Kyrgyz: тактика (ky) (taktika)
• Latvian: taktika f
• Lithuanian: taktika f
• Macedonian: тактика f (taktika)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тактик (mn) (taktik)

  Mongolian script: ᠲ᠋ᠠᠻᠲ᠋ᠢᠭ (taktiɣ)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: taktikk m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تاکْتیک (tâktik)

• Polish: taktyka (pl) f
• Romanian: tactică (ro) f
• Russian: та́ктика (ru) f (táktika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̀ктика f

  Latin: tàktika (sh) f

• Slovak: taktika f
• Slovene: taktika (sl) f
• Spanish: táctica (es) f
• Swedish: taktik (sv) c
• Tajik: тактика (taktika)
• Thai: ยุทธวิธี (th) (yút-tá-wí-tii)
• Turkish: taktik (tr)
• Turkmen: taktika
• Ukrainian: та́ктика (uk) f (táktyka)
• Uzbek: taktika (uz)
• Vietnamese: chiến thuật (vi) (戰術)

Adjective

tactic (not comparable)

1. (dated, military) Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.

   Synonym: tactical

   • 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia:

     But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
     Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
     All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
     All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

2. (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical

Derived terms

• cistactic
• ditactic
• endotactic
• intertactic
• transtactic
• tritactic

Translations

describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical

• Finnish: taktinen (fi)
• French: tactique (fr)
• Italian: tattico (it)
• Russian: такти́ческий (ru) (taktíčeskij)

Anagrams

• tic tac, tic-tac

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-der.

Proto-Hellenic *tat͏̌t͏̌ō

Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós)lbor.

French tactiquebor.

Romanian tactic

Borrowed from French tactique.

Adjective

tactic m or n (feminine singular tactică, masculine plural tactici, feminine/neuter plural tactice)

1. tactical

Declension

Declension of tactic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	tactic		tactică	tactici	tactice
	definite	tacticul		tactica	tacticii	tacticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	tactic		tactice	tactici	tactice
	definite	tacticului		tacticei	tacticilor	tacticelor