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electronic dance music

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A field of modern popular music, encompassing house, techno and other genres of percussive dance music whose creation involves electronic devices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Broader terms: electronic music, music, sound

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Across languages

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10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子舞曲 /电子舞曲 (diànzǐ wǔqū) — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Czech: elektronická taneční hudba — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Finnish: elektroninen tanssimusiikki — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Georgian: ელექტრონული საცეკვაო მუსიკა (elekṭronuli saceḳvao musiḳa) — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Georgian: საცეკვაო ელექტრონული მუსიკა (saceḳvao elekṭronuli musiḳa) — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Japanese: エレクトロニック・ダンス・ミュージック (erekutoronikku dansu myūjikku) — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Korean: 일렉트로닉 댄스 뮤직 (illekteuronik daenseu myujik) — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Malay: muzik tarian elektronik — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Russian: электро́нная танцева́льная му́зыка (elektrónnaja tanceválʹnaja múzyka) — a genre of percussive electronic music
  • Vietnamese: nhạc điện tử — a genre of percussive electronic music