technological

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂der.

Ancient Greek τεχνο- (tekhno-)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti

Proto-Hellenic *légō

Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos)

Ancient Greek τεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología)lbor.

English technology

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Middle English -ical

English -ical

English technological

From technology + -ical.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/, [ˌtɛk.nəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kɫ̩]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kəl/, [ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kɫ̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪkəl

Adjective

technological (comparative more technological, superlative most technological)

1. Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology.
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     US-Gulf relations have improved significantly since Trump returned to office. Frustrated at the perceived lack of US interest in their needs under the Biden administration, Saudi Arabia and the UAE had sought to diversify their military, technological and economic ties.

Derived terms

• aerotechnological
• agrotechnological
• antitechnological
• biotechnological
• chemico-technological
• chief technological officer
• cybertechnological
• cytotechnological
• ecotechnological
• electrotechnological
• geotechnological
• histotechnological
• hypertechnological
• infotechnological
• macrotechnological
• medicotechnological
• microtechnological
• nanotechnological
• neurotechnological
• nontechnological
• physicotechnological
• pretechnological
• psychotechnological
• pyrotechnological
• sociotechnological
• supertechnological
• super-technological
• technological advancement
• technologically
• technological singularity
• technological unemployment
• technological university
• teletechnological
• teme
• Treknological
• zymotechnological

Translations

of, relating to, or involving technology

• Afrikaans: tegnologies
• Albanian: teknologjik (sq)
• Aragonese: tecnolochico
• Armenian: տեխնոլոգիական (hy) (texnologiakan), տեխնիկական (hy) (texnikakan)
• Asturian: teunolóxicu
• Basque: teknologiko
• Belarusian: тэхналагі́чны (texnalahíčny)
• Bulgarian: технологически (tehnologičeski)
• Catalan: tecnològic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 技術性 / 技术性 (zh) (jìshùxìng)

• Czech: technologický (cs)
• Danish: teknologisk
• Dutch: technologisch (nl)
• Esperanto: teknologia
• Estonian: tehnoloogiline
• Finnish: teknologinen (fi)
• French: technologique (fr)
• Galician: tecnolóxico (gl)
• Georgian: ტექნოლოგიური (ṭeknologiuri)
• German: technologisch (de)
• Greek: τεχνολογικός (el) (technologikós)
• Haitian Creole: teknolojik
• Hebrew: טֶכְנוֹלוֹגִי (he) (tekhnológi)
• Hungarian: technológiai (hu)
• Ido: teknologiala (io)
• Indonesian: teknologis
• Interlingua: technologic
• Irish: teicneolaíoch
• Italian: tecnologico (it)
• Japanese: 技術の (ja) (gijutsu no)
• Kazakh: технологиялық (texnologıyalıq)
• Korean: 기술(技術) (ko) (gisul)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: teknolojîk

• Kyrgyz: технологиялык (ky) (tehnologiyalık)
• Latin: technologicus
• Latvian: tehnoloģisks
• Lithuanian: technologinis
• Luxembourgish: technologesch
• Macedonian: технолошки (mk) (tehnološki)
• Maltese: teknoloġiku
• Norman: technologique
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teknologisk

  Nynorsk: teknologisk

• Occitan: tecnologic (oc)
• Persian: فناورانه (fa) (fanâvarâne), تکنولوژیکی (fa) (teknoložiki)
• Polish: technologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: tecnológico (pt)
• Romanian: tehnologic (ro)

  Cyrillic: технолоӂик (tehnologic)

• Russian: технологи́ческий (ru) (texnologíčeskij)
• Scots: technological
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: техноло̀гӣјскӣ

  Latin: tehnològījskī (sh)

• Sicilian: tecnulòggicu
• Slovak: technologický
• Slovene: tehnološki
• Spanish: tecnológico (es)
• Swedish: teknologisk (sv)
• Tagalog: teknolohiko
• Tajik: технологӣ (texnologi)
• Turkish: teknolojik (tr)
• Turkmen: tehnologik
• Ukrainian: технологі́чний (texnolohíčnyj)
• Uzbek: texnologik (uz)
• Vietnamese: công nghệ (vi) (工藝)
• Welsh: technolegol (cy)
• Yiddish: טעכנאָלאָגיש (tekhnologish)

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 기술(技術)의 (gisur-ui)

Scots

Adjective

technological

1. Technological.