electronica

See also: electrónica and electrònica

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

New Latin ēlectricusbor.

English electric

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Hellenic *éimi

Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der.

English ion

blend

English electron

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Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English electronic

English -a

English electronica

From electronic + -a (“Latin singular suffix”).

Noun

electronica (uncountable)

1. (music) Any of a wide range of electronic music genres.
   • 2012, Michael Campbell, Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On:

     By mid-decade, electronica began to chart, in the music of acts such as Bjork, Chemical Brothers, and Moby, and the resources of electronica were integrated into other non-pop styles, such as the industrial music of Trent Reznor […]

   • 2014, Timothy D. Taylor, Strange Sounds: Music, Technology and Culture:

     New Age music […] like all musics, has its margins, and these are blurred with ambient, techno, and other electronica.

2. Electronic items in general.
3. (Internet) The data trail of an individual on the public internet. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• dubtronica
• emotronica
• folktronica
• indietronica
• laptronica
• rocktronica

Translations

any of a wide range of electronic music genres

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子樂 / 电子乐 (diànzǐyuè)

• Finnish: elektroninen musiikki
• French: électronica (fr) f
• Georgian: ელექტრონული მუსიკა (elekṭronuli musiḳa), ელექტრონიკა (elekṭroniḳa)
• Japanese: エレクトロニカ (erekutoronika)
• Korean: 일렉트로니카 (illekteuronika)
• Russian: электро́нная му́зыка f (elektrónnaja múzyka)

electronic items in general

• Finnish: elektroniikka (fi)
• Georgian: ელექტრონიკა (elekṭroniḳa)
• Russian: электро́ника (ru) f (elektrónika)

data trail of an individual on the public internet

• Finnish: verkkojalanjälki

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} elektronikajo

References

• “electronica”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “electronica”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.lɛkˈtroː.ni.kaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: elec‧tro‧ni‧ca

Noun

electronica f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. superseded spelling of elektronica

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eː.ɫɛkˈtroː.nɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.lekˈtrɔː.ni.ka]

Noun

ēlectrōnica f (genitive ēlectrōnicae); first declension

1. (New Latin) electronics

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ēlectrōnica	ēlectrōnicae
genitive	ēlectrōnicae	ēlectrōnicārum
dative	ēlectrōnicae	ēlectrōnicīs
accusative	ēlectrōnicam	ēlectrōnicās
ablative	ēlectrōnicā	ēlectrōnicīs
vocative	ēlectrōnica	ēlectrōnicae

Related terms

• ēlectrōnicus