electronic

See also: electrònic

English

Etymology

From electron +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/, /ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/, /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/
• IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, /ˌi.lɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, /əˌlɪkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, /əˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

electronic (not comparable)

1. (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
2. Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
3. Generated by an electronic device.

   electronic music

4. Of or pertaining to the Internet.
   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

     In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.

Derived terms

English terms starting with “electronic”

• acoustoelectronic
• bioelectronic
• bionic
• cryoelectronic
• cybertronic
• dielectronic
• digitron
• electronically
• electronic babysitter
• electronic benefit transfer
• electronic body music
• electronic book
• electronic brain
• electronic car key
• electronic cigar
• electronic cigarette
• electronic circuit
• electronic collar
• electronic commerce
• electronic communication
• electronic computer
• electronic cottage
• electronic dance music
• electronic data interchange
• electronic flight bag
• electronic fog
• electronic game
• electronic intelligence
• electronicist
• electronic keyboard
• electronicky
• electronic mail
• electronic media
• electronic music
• electronic organ
• electronic picking
• electronic publishing
• electronic resource
• electronic rock
• electronic sackbut
• electronic signature
• electronic smog
• electronic sport
• electronic stability control
• electronic superhighway
• electronification
• electronified
• electronify
• ELINT
• emotronic
• heatronic
• immunoelectronic
• interelectronic
• isoelectronic
• magnetoelectronic
• microelectronic
• monoelectronic
• morphoelectronic
• multielectronic
• nanoelectronic
• neuroelectronic
• neurotronic
• nonelectronic
• optoelectronic
• optronic
• photoelectronic
• piezoelectronic
• polyelectronic
• postelectronic
• preelectronic
• psychoelectronic
• quadruelectronic
• quantized electronic structure
• radioelectronic
• rocktronic
• spintronic
• stereoelectronic
• technetronic
• thermoelectronic
• topotronic
• trielectronic
• unelectronic
• unielectronic
• vibronic

Related terms

• electric
• electrical

Translations

pertaining to electrons

Afrikaans: elektroniese Albanian: elektronik (sq) Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِي (ʔiliktrōniyy), إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʔelektrōniyy) Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) Bulgarian: електро́нен (bg) (elektrónen) Catalan: electrònic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 電子的 / 电子的 (zh) (diànzǐ de) Czech: elektronový Danish: elektronisk (da) Dutch: elektronen- Esperanto: elektronika Finnish: elektroni- French: électronique (fr) Galician: electrónico (gl) m German: elektronisch (de) Greek: ηλεκτρονιακός (el) (ilektroniakós) Hebrew: אלקטרוני (he) (elektróni) Ido: elektronala (io) Indonesian: elektronik (id) Italian: elettronico (it) Japanese: 電子 (ja) (でんし, denshi) Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) Khmer: អសន្យាណូ (ʼaʼsɑnyaanou) Korean: 전자 (ko) (jeonja) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئەلیکترۆنی (elîktronî) Latvian: elektronisks Lithuanian: elektroninis (lt) Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) Maori: tāhiko Norwegian: elektronisk (no) Persian: الکترونی (fa) (elekteroni) Plautdietsch: ellektronisch Polish: elektronowy (pl) Portuguese: Brazilian: eletrônico (pt) European: eletrónico (pt) Romanian: electronic (ro) Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj) Sicilian: alittrònicu Spanish: electrónico (es) Swedish: elektron- Tagalog: dagisikin Turkish: elektronik (tr) Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

operating on behavior of electrons

Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) Bulgarian: електро́нен (bg) (elektrónen) Catalan: electrònic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 電子的 / 电子的 (zh) (diànzǐ de) Czech: elektronový Danish: elektronisk (da) Dutch: elektronisch (nl) Estonian: elektrooniline Finnish: elektroninen (fi), sähköinen (fi) French: électronique (fr) Galician: electrónico (gl) m German: elektronisch (de) Greek: ηλεκτρονικός (el) (ilektronikós) Interlingua: electronic Italian: elettronico (it) Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئەلیکترۆنی (elîktronî) Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) Maori: tāhiko Plautdietsch: ellektronisch Polish: elektroniczny (pl) Portuguese: Brazilian: eletrônico (pt) European: eletrónico (pt) Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj) Sicilian: alittrònicu Spanish: electrónico (es) Swahili: -a elektroniki (sw) Swedish: elektronisk (sv) Tagalog: dagisikin Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

generated by electronic device

Afrikaans: elektronies Albanian: elektronik (sq) Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) Bulgarian: електро́нен (bg) (elektrónen) Catalan: electrònic (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 電子 / 电子 (din6 zi2) Mandarin: 電子的 / 电子的 (zh) (diànzǐ de) Czech: elektronický (cs) Dutch: elektronisch (nl) Estonian: elektrooniline Finnish: sähköinen (fi), sähköiset pl French: électronique (fr) Galician: electrónico (gl) m German: elektronisch (de) Greek: ηλεκτρονικός (el) (ilektronikós) Hungarian: elektronikus (hu) Ido: elektronika (io) Indonesian: elektronik (id) Italian: elettronico (it) Japanese: 電子 (ja) (denshi) Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئەلیکترۆنی (elîktronî) Latin: electronicus Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) Maori: tāhiko, tāhiko Plautdietsch: ellektronisch Polish: elektroniczny (pl) Portuguese: Brazilian: eletrônico (pt) European: eletrónico (pt) Romanian: electronic (ro) Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj) Scottish Gaelic: dealanach, dealain Sicilian: alittrònicu Swahili: -a elektroniki (sw) Swedish: elektronisk (sv) Tagalog: dagisikin Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

of or pertaining to the Internet

Afrikaans: elektroniese Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʔelektrōniyy), إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʔiliktrōniyy) Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) Bulgarian: електро́нен (bg) (elektrónen) Catalan: electrònic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 電子的 / 电子的 (zh) (diànzǐ de), 網絡的 / 网络的 (zh) (wǎngluò de) Czech: elektronický (cs), internetový (cs) Dutch: virtueel (nl), web- Finnish: sähköinen (fi) French: électronique (fr) Galician: electrónico (gl) m German: elektronisch (de) Hungarian: elektronikus (hu), internetes (hu), online (hu) Japanese: 電子 (ja) (denshi), 電脳 (ja) (dennō) Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) Portuguese: Brazilian: eletrônico (pt) European: eletrónico (pt) Romanian: de Internet, electronic (ro) Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj) Scottish Gaelic: dealanach, dealain Sicilian: alittrònicu Spanish: electrónico (es) Swahili: -a elektroniki (sw) Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

Noun

electronic (plural electronics)

1. A device which runs on electricity.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lekˈtɾo.nik/

Adjective

electronic (not comparable)

1. electronic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French électronique. By surface analysis, electron +‎ -ic.

Adjective

electronic m or n (feminine singular electronică, masculine plural electronici, feminine/neuter plural electronice)

1. electronic

Declension

Declension of electronic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	electronic		electronică		electronici	electronice
	definite	electronicul		electronica		electronicii	electronicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	electronic		electronice		electronici	electronice
	definite	electronicului		electronicei		electronicilor	electronicelor