Meanings
nounelectronics (countable and uncountable, plural electronics)
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles or by converting the flow of charged particles to or from other forms of energy.
Electronics is a popular subject.
- countableuncountableElectronic circuitry.
The electronics are completely updated.
1 more example
The electronics is the difference between a modern and an old-fashioned thermostat.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- New Latinēlectricus
- Englishelectric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
- Proto-Hellenic*éimi
- Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
- Englishion
- Englishelectron
- Englishelectronics
Translations
Afrikaans elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
Arabic إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّات
- إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّات (ʔiliktrūniyyāt)physics
Basque elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
Bengali ইলেকট্রনিক্স
- ইলেকট্রনিক্স (ilekṭronikśo)physics
Brazilian Portuguese eletrônica
- eletrônicaphysics
Bulgarian електро́ника, електроника
- електро́ника (elektrónika)physics
- електроника (elektronika)device
Catalan electrònica, electrònica
- electrònicaphysics
- electrònicadevice
Chinese Mandarin 電子學 /电子学, 電子產品 /电子产品
- 電子學 /电子学 (diànzǐxué)physics
- 電子產品 /电子产品 (diànzǐ chǎnpǐn)device
Czech elektronika, elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
- elektronikadevice
Danish elektronik
- elektronikphysics
Dutch elektronica
- elektronicaphysics
Esperanto elektroniko
- elektronikophysics
Estonian elektroonika, elektroonika
- elektroonikaphysics
- elektroonikadevice
European Portuguese eletrónica
- eletrónicaphysics
Finnish elektroniikka, sähköoppi
- elektroniikkaphysics
- sähköoppiphysics
- elektroniikkadevice
French électronique
- électroniquephysics
German Elektronik
- Elektronikphysics
Greek ηλεκτρονική
- ηλεκτρονική (ilektronikí)physics
Hebrew אֵלֶקְטְרוֹנִיקָה
- אֵלֶקְטְרוֹנִיקָה (elektrónika)physics
Hindi इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स
- इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स (ilekṭrŏniks)physics
Hungarian elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
Icelandic rafeindatækni
- rafeindatækniphysics
Indonesian elektronika, elektronik
- elektronikaphysics
- elektronikdevice
Irish leictreonaic
- leictreonaicphysics
Italian elettronica
- elettronicaphysics
Japanese 電子工学, エレクトロニクス
- 電子工学 (denshi kōgaku)physics
- エレクトロニクス (erekutoronikusu)physics
- 電子デバイス (denshi debaisu)device
- 電子機器 (denshi kiki)device
Korean 전자공학, 일렉트로닉스
- 전자공학 (jeonjagonghak)physics
- 일렉트로닉스 (illekteuronikseu)physics
- 전자장치 (jeonjajangchi)device
- 전자제품 (jeonjajepum)device
- 전자기기 (jeonjagigi)device
Latin electronica
- electronicaphysics
Latvian elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
Lithuanian elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
Malay elektronik, elektronik
- elektronikphysics
- elektronikdevice
Māori mātai tāhiko
- mātai tāhikophysics
Norwegian Bokmål elektronikk
- elektronikkphysics
Persian الکترونیک
- الکترونیک (elekteronik)physics
Polish elektronika, elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
- elektronikadevice
Romanian electronică, electronică
- electronicăphysics
- electronicădevice
Russian электро́ника, электро́ника
- электро́ника (elektrónika)physics
- электро́ника (elektrónika)device
- электро́нная аппарату́ра (elektrónnaja apparatúra)device
Slovak elektronika
- elektronikaphysics
Spanish electrónica
- electrónicaphysics
Swahili elektroniki, elektroniki
- elektronikiphysics
- elektronikidevice
Swedish elektronik
- elektronikphysics
Tagalog elektronika, dagisikan
- elektronikaphysics
- dagisikanphysics
Tamil இலத்திரனியல்
- இலத்திரனியல் (ilattiraṉiyal)physics
Thai อิเล็กทรอนิกส์
- อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (ì-lék-trɔɔ-nìk)physics
Turkish elektronik
- elektronikphysics
Ukrainian електро́ніка
- електро́ніка (elektrónika)physics
Urdu بَرْقِیات, الیکٹرانکس
- بَرْقِیات (barqiyāt)physics
- الیکٹرانکس (ilekṭrāniks)physics
Vietnamese điện tử học
- điện tử họcphysics
Yiddish עלעקטראָניק
- עלעקטראָניק (elektronik)physics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with electronics
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
electronics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronics
MLA
“electronics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electronics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronics.
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