pyrotechnic

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US/ˌpaɪɹoʊˈtɛknɪk/

adjective

Of or relating to fireworks.

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pyrotechnicalextraordinaryfirework
OriginLatin pyrotechnica ← Ancient Greek πῦρ →
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Meanings

adjectivepyrotechnic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to fireworks.
  2. not comparableOf or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy.
  3. not comparableResembling fireworks.

    [T]he Weston clan, whose dysfunctions are pyrotechnic in their scale and intensity.

    2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)
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    They had spent much of June and July walking about the plateau near Poronin and discussing Kuba’s pyrotechnic schemes for making money. Possibly because of his bourgeois origins, Hanecki had a remarkable financial flair, and extraordinary grasp of money matters—a quality as valuable as it was rare in a revolutionary.

    1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 178

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to the craft of making fireworks

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pyrotechnical

adjectivesuggestive of fireworks

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extraordinary

noun(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

Similar
firework
Broader
low explosive
Also see
fireworkpyrotechnicalpyrotechnological

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπῦρ“fire”
  2. Latinpyrotechnica
  3. Englishpyrotechnic

From Latin pyrotechnica, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, workmanlike”). Analyzable as pyro- + technic.

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Translations

Bulgarian пиротехнически
  • пиротехнически (pirotehničeski)of or relating to fireworks
Catalan pirotècnic, pirotècnic
  • pirotècnicof or relating to fireworks
  • pirotècnicof or relating to pyrotechny
Chinese Mandarin 煙火的 /烟火的
  • 煙火的 /烟火的 (yānhuǒ de)of or relating to fireworks
Finnish pyrotekninen, pyrotekninen
  • pyrotekninenof or relating to fireworks
  • pyrotekninenof or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy
  • ilotulitusmainenresembling fireworks
  • pyrotekninenof or relating to pyrotechny
  • räjähdystekninenof or relating to pyrotechny
French pyrotechnique
  • pyrotechniqueof or relating to fireworks
Latin pyrotechnicus
  • pyrotechnicusof or relating to fireworks
Russian пиротехни́ческий
  • пиротехни́ческий (pirotexníčeskij)of or relating to fireworks
Spanish pirotécnico
  • pirotécnicoof or relating to fireworks
Swedish pyroteknisk
  • pyrotekniskof or relating to fireworks

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pyrotechnic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrotechnic

MLA

“pyrotechnic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrotechnic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyrotechnic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrotechnic.

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