electronic

See also: electrònic

English

Etymology

electron +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/, /ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/, /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, /ˌi.lɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, /əˌlɪkˈtɹɑ.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^[1], 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

Pages starting with “electronic”.

• 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 game
• electronic mail
• electronic media
• electronic music
• electronic organ
• electronic publishing
• electronic resource
• electronic rock
• electronic sackbut
• electronic signature
• electronic smog
• electronic sport
• electronic stability control
• electronic superhighway
• electronification
• electronified
• electronify
• morphoelectronic
• optoelectronic
• quantized electronic structure

 

Related terms

• electric
• electrical

Translations

pertaining to electrons

• Afrikaans: elektroniese
• Albanian: elektronik (sq)
• Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِي‎ (ʾiliktrōniyy), إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ‎ (ʾelektrōniyy)
• Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny)
• Bulgarian: електро́нен (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)
• 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: eletrónico (pt) (Portugal), eletrônico (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: electronic (ro)
• Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj)
• Spanish: electrónico (es)
• Swedish: elektron-
• Tagalog: dagisikin
• Turkish: elektronik (tr)
• Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

operating on behavior of electrons

• Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny)
• Bulgarian: електро́нен (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)
• 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: eletrónico (pt) (Portugal), eletrônico (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj)
• Spanish: electrónico (es)
• Swahili: -a elektroniki (sw)
• Swedish: elektronisk (sv)
• Tagalog: dagisikin
• Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

generated by electronic device

• Albanian: elektronik (sq)
• Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny)
• Bulgarian: електро́нен (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)
• 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)

• Macedonian: електронски (elektronski)
• Maori: tāhiko, tāhiko
• Plautdietsch: ellektronisch
• Polish: elektroniczny (pl)
• Portuguese: eletrónico (pt) (Portugal), eletrônico (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: electronic (ro)
• Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealanach, dealain
• Swahili: -a elektroniki (sw)
• Swedish: elektronisk (sv)
• Tagalog: dagisikin
• Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

of or pertaining to the Internet

• Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ‎ (ʾelektrōniyy), إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ‎ (ʾiliktrōniyy)
• Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny)
• Bulgarian: електро́нен (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)
• German: elektronisch (de)
• Hungarian: elektronikus (hu), internetes, online (hu)
• Japanese: 電子 (ja) (denshi), 電脳 (ja) (dennō)
• Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq)
• Macedonian: електронски (elektronski)
• Portuguese: eletrónico (pt) (Portugal), eletrônico (pt) (Brazil), online (pt)
• Romanian: de Internet, electronic (ro)
• Russian: электро́нный (ru) (elektrónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealanach, dealain
• Spanish: electrónico (es)
• Swahili: -a elektroniki (sw)
• Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lekˈtɾo.nik/

Adjective

electronic (not comparable)

1. electronic

Romanian

Etymology

From French électronique.

Adjective

electronic m or n (feminine singular electronică, masculine plural electronici, feminine and 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