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πυροτεχνήμα
firework /pi.ɾoˈtex.ni.ma/
nounC1#3749 most common
Also: fireworks display, pyrotechnic device
Example sentences
Το πυροτέχνημα είναι πολύ όμορφο.
The firework is very beautiful.
Χθες βράδυ είδαμε πολλά πυροτεχνήματα.
Last night we saw many fireworks.
Το πυροτέχνημα εξερράγη πάνω από τη θάλασσα.
The firework exploded above the sea.
Η πόλη γιόρτασε την Πρωτοχρονιά με ένα εντυπωσιακό πυροτέχνημα.
The city celebrated New Year's with an impressive firework display.
Ο θόρυβος του πυροτεχνήματος τρόμαξε τα σκυλιά της γειτονιάς.
The noise of the firework scared the neighborhood's dogs.
Η κυβέρνηση απαγόρευσε την πώληση πυροτεχνημάτων λόγω του κινδύνου πυρκαγιάς στα δάση.
The government banned the sale of fireworks because of the risk of forest fires.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πυροτέχνημα | πυροτεχνήματα |
| Genitive | πυροτεχνήματος | πυροτεχνημάτων |
| Accusative | πυροτέχνημα | πυροτεχνήματα |
| Vocative | πυροτέχνημα | πυροτεχνήματα |
Word family
πυρfireτέχνηart, craft, skill
τέχνημαartifact, contrivance
πυροτεχνουργόςpyrotechnician, fireworks maker
πυροτεχνίαpyrotechnics
Etymology
The word joins πῦρ, fire, with τέχνη, craft or skill, and adds the suffix -μα, which turns a verb or craft into its product, as in πρόβλημα, a thing put forward. So πυροτέχνημα means, literally, a product of fire-craft. Modern Greek uses it as the ordinary word for a firework, the same roots English borrowed for pyrotechnic.
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