Standard Lemma guide

electronic

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌi.lɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/
  • Canada, General-American: /əˌlɪkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/
  • Canada, General-American: /əˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒnɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 L EH2 K T R AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • electronic timer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Generated or transmitted by an electronic device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • electronic music

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Of or pertaining to digital or computer technology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Denoting a method analogous to the named non-electronic object or practice

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • electronic mail
  • electronic signature

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Of or pertaining to the Internet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A device which runs on electricity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • electronic devices

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective

Meaning 9

of or concerned with electrons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • electronic energy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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 English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic From electron + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: elektroniese — pertaining to electrons
  • Albanian: elektronik — pertaining to electrons
  • Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِي (ʔiliktrōniyy) — pertaining to electrons
  • Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʔelektrōniyy) — pertaining to electrons
  • Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) — pertaining to electrons
  • Bulgarian: електро́нен (elektrónen) — pertaining to electrons
  • Catalan: electrònic — pertaining to electrons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子的 /电子的 (diànzǐ de) — pertaining to electrons
  • Czech: elektronový — pertaining to electrons
  • Danish: elektronisk — pertaining to electrons
  • Dutch: elektronen- — pertaining to electrons
  • Esperanto: elektronika — pertaining to electrons
  • Finnish: elektroni- — pertaining to electrons
  • French: électronique — pertaining to electrons
  • Galician: electrónico — pertaining to electrons
  • German: elektronisch — pertaining to electrons
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονιακός (ilektroniakós) — pertaining to electrons
  • Hebrew: אלקטרוני (elektróni) — pertaining to electrons
  • Ido: elektronala — pertaining to electrons
  • Indonesian: elektronik — pertaining to electrons
  • Italian: elettronico — pertaining to electrons
  • Japanese: 電子 (denshi) — pertaining to electrons
  • Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) — pertaining to electrons
  • Khmer: អសន្យាណូ (ʼaʼsɑnyaanou) — pertaining to electrons
  • Korean: 전자 (jeonja) — pertaining to electrons
  • Central Kurdish: ئەلیکترۆنی (elîktronî) — pertaining to electrons
  • Latvian: elektronisks — pertaining to electrons
  • Lithuanian: elektroninis — pertaining to electrons
  • Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) — pertaining to electrons
  • Māori: tāhiko — pertaining to electrons
  • Norwegian: elektronisk — pertaining to electrons
  • Persian: الکترونی (elekteroni) — pertaining to electrons
  • Plautdietsch: ellektronisch — pertaining to electrons
  • Polish: elektronowy — pertaining to electrons
  • Brazilian Portuguese: eletrônico — pertaining to electrons
  • European Portuguese: eletrónico — pertaining to electrons
  • Romanian: electronic — pertaining to electrons
  • Russian: электро́нный (elektrónnyj) — pertaining to electrons
  • Sicilian: alittrònicu — pertaining to electrons
  • Spanish: electrónico — pertaining to electrons
  • Swedish: elektron- — pertaining to electrons
  • Tagalog: dagisikin — pertaining to electrons
  • Tajik: электронӣ (elektroni) — pertaining to electrons
  • Turkish: elektronik — pertaining to electrons
  • Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj) — pertaining to electrons
  • Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Bulgarian: електро́нен (elektrónen) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Catalan: electrònic — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子的 /电子的 (diànzǐ de) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Czech: elektronový — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Danish: elektronisk — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Dutch: elektronisch — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Estonian: elektrooniline — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Finnish: elektroninen — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Finnish: sähköinen — operating on behavior of electrons
  • French: électronique — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Galician: electrónico — operating on behavior of electrons
  • German: elektronisch — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονικός (ilektronikós) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Interlingua: electronic — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Italian: elettronico — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Central Kurdish: ئەلیکترۆنی (elîktronî) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Māori: tāhiko — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Plautdietsch: ellektronisch — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Polish: elektroniczny — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Brazilian Portuguese: eletrônico — operating on behavior of electrons
  • European Portuguese: eletrónico — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Russian: электро́нный (elektrónnyj) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Sicilian: alittrònicu — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Spanish: electrónico — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Swahili: -a elektroniki — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Swedish: elektronisk — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Tagalog: dagisikin — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj) — operating on behavior of electrons
  • Afrikaans: elektronies — generated by electronic device
  • Albanian: elektronik — generated by electronic device
  • Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) — generated by electronic device
  • Bulgarian: електро́нен (elektrónen) — generated by electronic device
  • Catalan: electrònic — generated by electronic device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電子 /电子 (din6 zi2) — generated by electronic device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子的 /电子的 (diànzǐ de) — generated by electronic device
  • Czech: elektronický — generated by electronic device
  • Dutch: elektronisch — generated by electronic device
  • Estonian: elektrooniline — generated by electronic device
  • Finnish: sähköinen — generated by electronic device
  • Finnish: sähköiset — generated by electronic device
  • French: électronique — generated by electronic device
  • Galician: electrónico — generated by electronic device
  • German: elektronisch — generated by electronic device
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονικός (ilektronikós) — generated by electronic device
  • Hungarian: elektronikus — generated by electronic device
  • Ido: elektronika — generated by electronic device
  • Indonesian: elektronik — generated by electronic device
  • Italian: elettronico — generated by electronic device
  • Japanese: 電子 (denshi) — generated by electronic device
  • Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) — generated by electronic device
  • Central Kurdish: ئەلیکترۆنی (elîktronî) — generated by electronic device
  • Latin: electronicus — generated by electronic device
  • Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) — generated by electronic device
  • Māori: tāhiko — generated by electronic device
  • Plautdietsch: ellektronisch — generated by electronic device
  • Polish: elektroniczny — generated by electronic device
  • Brazilian Portuguese: eletrônico — generated by electronic device
  • European Portuguese: eletrónico — generated by electronic device
  • Romanian: electronic — generated by electronic device
  • Russian: электро́нный (elektrónnyj) — generated by electronic device
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealanach — generated by electronic device
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealain — generated by electronic device
  • Sicilian: alittrònicu — generated by electronic device
  • Swahili: -a elektroniki — generated by electronic device
  • Swedish: elektronisk — generated by electronic device
  • Tagalog: dagisikin — generated by electronic device
  • Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj) — generated by electronic device
  • Afrikaans: elektroniese — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʔelektrōniyy) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʔiliktrōniyy) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Belarusian: электро́нны (eljektrónny) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Bulgarian: електро́нен (elektrónen) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Catalan: electrònic — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子的 /电子的 (diànzǐ de) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網絡的 /网络的 (wǎngluò de) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Czech: elektronický — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Czech: internetový — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Dutch: virtueel — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Dutch: web- — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Finnish: sähköinen — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • French: électronique — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Galician: electrónico — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • German: elektronisch — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Hungarian: elektronikus — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Hungarian: internetes — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Hungarian: online — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Japanese: 電子 (denshi) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Japanese: 電脳 (dennō) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Kazakh: электрондық (élektrondyq) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Macedonian: електронски (elektronski) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Brazilian Portuguese: eletrônico — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • European Portuguese: eletrónico — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Romanian: de Internet — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Romanian: electronic — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Russian: электро́нный (elektrónnyj) — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealanach — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealain — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Sicilian: alittrònicu — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Spanish: electrónico — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Swahili: -a elektroniki — of or pertaining to the Internet
  • Ukrainian: електро́нний (elektrónnyj) — of or pertaining to the Internet
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