technique
French, noun/tɛk.nik/
technique is spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written French, the 844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Technique is a French feminine noun meaning “technique, technology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière d’accomplir une tâche qui n’est pas immédiatement évidente”.
What does technique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
technical
noun
- 1
femininetechnique, technology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière d’accomplir une tâche qui n’est pas immédiatement évidente. 2. Ensemble des procédés qu’on doit méthodiquement employer pour un art, pour une recherche, dans un métier.
adjective: 1. Qui est propre, particulier à un métier, à un art.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of technique
- techniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce technique?
- /tɛk.nik/
- \tɛk.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to technique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is technique in French?
technique appears 98 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).