electronica

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noun

Any of a wide range of electronic music genres.

OriginEnglish electronic ← Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión) ← Proto-Hellenic *éimi →
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Meanings

nounelectronica (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentAny of a wide range of electronic music genres.

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

    2014, Timothy D. Taylor, Strange Sounds: Music, Technology and Culture
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    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 […]

    2012, Michael Campbell, Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On
  2. uncountableElectronic items in general.
  3. InternetuncountableThe data trail of an individual on the public internet.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. New Latinēlectricus
  4. Englishelectric
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  8. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  9. Englishion
  10. Englishelectron
  11. Englishelectronic
  12. Englishelectronica

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 電子樂 /电子乐
  • 電子樂 /电子乐 (diànzǐyuè)any of a wide range of electronic music genres
Finnish elektroninen musiikki, elektroniikka
  • elektroninen musiikkiany of a wide range of electronic music genres
  • elektroniikkaelectronic items in general
  • verkkojalanjälkidata trail of an individual on the public internet
French électronica
  • électronicaany of a wide range of electronic music genres
Japanese エレクトロニカ
  • エレクトロニカ (erekutoronika)any of a wide range of electronic music genres
Korean 일렉트로니카
  • 일렉트로니카 (illekteuronika)any of a wide range of electronic music genres
Russian электро́нная му́зыка, электро́ника
  • электро́нная му́зыка (elektrónnaja múzyka)any of a wide range of electronic music genres
  • электро́ника (elektrónika)electronic items in general
Cite this entry
APA

electronica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronica

MLA

“electronica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronica. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electronica,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronica.

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