Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

electronica

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: elec-tron-i-ca
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a wide range of electronic music genres.

Uncountable

noun

Electronic items in general.

Uncountable

noun

The data trail of an individual on the public internet.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum 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 ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English -a English electronica From electronic + -a (“Latin singular suffix”).

Usage

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Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Derived Forms

dubtronica emotronica folktronica indietronica laptronica rocktronica

Questions

What does electronica mean?: Any of a wide range of electronic music genres.
Where does electronica come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum 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 ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English -a English electronica From electronic + -a (“Latin singular suffix”).

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