tech
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tech"
English
editEtymology
editClipping of technology, technician, and technique.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittech (countable and uncountable, plural techs)
- (informal) Technology.
- I can't understand all this new tech.
- 2012, Nancy Lyons, Meghan Wilker, Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process:
- Remember, something that seems straightforward to you can be very scary to people who don't have enough info or tech knowledge to provide a context or meaning on their own.
- 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in RAIL, number 987, page 22:
- "The tech on this is really good. But in essence, it's still a train any competent driver should be able to learn easily.
- Denotes technology businesses or the technology industry, especially in the field of computing and the Internet.
- Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have too much power.
- Tech stocks are down on Nasdaq.
- Tech workers can earn big money.
- (informal) Technician.
- He works as a lab tech.
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23:
- A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
- (informal) Technique.
- (informal, used in titles) Technical college.
- Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech.
Derived terms
edit- agrotech
- alt-tech
- antiquitech
- big tech
- biotech
- cleantech
- cytotech
- deep tech
- edtech
- fintech
- foodtech
- hard tech
- high-tech
- histotech
- hi-tech
- legaltech
- low-tech
- martech
- medtech
- paytech
- slick-tech
- tech abuse
- tech baron
- tech bro
- tech-bro
- tech debt
- tech guru
- tech-head
- tech head
- tech house
- techie
- tech neck
- tech noir
- tech-nomad
- tech-savvy
- tech stack
- tech support
- tech up
- tech week
- tech wreck
- vo-tech
Related terms
editVerb
edittech (third-person singular simple present techs, present participle teching, simple past and past participle teched)
- (video games) To perform a technical (a special move in fighting games that cancels out an opposing attack).
Anagrams
editOld Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos (“cover, roof”), from *(s)teg- (“to cover”); cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos).
The -ch is analogical to other nouns and adjectives where final non-palatal -ch alternates with palatal -ig.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittech n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige or taige)
Declension
editNeuter s-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | techN, teg | techN, teg | tigeL, taigeH |
Vocative | techN, teg | techN, teg | tigeL, taigeH |
Accusative | techN, teg | techN, teg | tigeL, taigeH |
Genitive | tigeL, taigeH | tige, taigeH | tigeN, taigeH |
Dative | tigL, taigL | tigib | tigib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Irish: teach
- Manx: çhagh, thie
- Scottish Gaelic: taigh
- ⇒ Middle Irish: tech midchuarta
- ⇒ Middle Irish: tech n-óil
- ⇒ Middle Irish: tech talman
- ⇒ Classical Gaelic: teach othuir
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tech | thech | tech pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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