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electronics

noun · 4 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.ɪks/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪks/
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  • General-American: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪks/
  • rhymes with -ɒnɪks
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 L EH2 K T R AA1 N IH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles or by converting the flow of charged particles to or from other forms of energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • Electronics is a popular subject.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Devices which require the flow of electrons through conductors and semiconductors in order to perform their function; devices that operate on electrical power (battery or outlet)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable

Examples

  • Look at all the electronics in this room!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Electronic circuitry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The electronics is the difference between a modern and an old-fashioned thermostat.
  • The electronics are completely updated.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physics, natural philosophy

Narrower terms: electron optics, microelectronics, thermionics

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 Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English electronics From electron + -ics.

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: elektronika — physics
  • Albanian: elektronika — physics
  • Arabic: إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّات (ʔiliktrūniyyāt) — physics
  • Aragonese: eletronica — physics
  • Armenian: էլեկտրոնիկա (ēlektronika) — physics
  • Asturian: electrónica — physics
  • Azerbaijani: elektronika — physics
  • Basque: elektronika — physics
  • Belarusian: электро́ніка (eljektrónika) — physics
  • Bengali: ইলেকট্রনিক্স (ilekṭronikśo) — physics
  • Bulgarian: електро́ника (elektrónika) — physics
  • Burmese: အီလက်ထရွန်နစ်ပညာ (ilakhta.rwannacpa.nya) — physics
  • Burmese: အီလက်ထရွန်နစ် (ilakhta.rwannac) — physics
  • Catalan: electrònica — physics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子學 /电子学 (diànzǐxué) — physics
  • Chuvash: электроника (elektronik̬a) — physics
  • Czech: elektronika — physics
  • Danish: elektronik — physics
  • Dutch: elektronica — physics
  • Esperanto: elektroniko — physics
  • Estonian: elektroonika — physics
  • Faroese: elektronikkur — physics
  • Faroese: ravindi — physics
  • Finnish: elektroniikka — physics
  • Finnish: sähköoppi — physics
  • French: électronique — physics
  • West-Frisian: elektroanika — physics
  • Friulian: eletroniche — physics
  • Galician: electrónica — physics
  • Georgian: ელექტრონიკა (elekṭroniḳa) — physics
  • German: Elektronik — physics
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονική (ilektronikí) — physics
  • Haitian Creole: elektwonik — physics
  • Hebrew: אֵלֶקְטְרוֹנִיקָה (elektrónika) — physics
  • Hindi: इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स (ilekṭrŏniks) — physics
  • Hungarian: elektronika — physics
  • Icelandic: rafeindatækni — physics
  • Ido: elektroniko — physics
  • Indonesian: elektronika — physics
  • Interlingua: electronica — physics
  • Irish: leictreonaic — physics
  • Italian: elettronica — physics
  • Japanese: 電子工学 (denshi kōgaku) — physics
  • Japanese: エレクトロニクス (erekutoronikusu) — physics
  • Kazakh: электроника (élektronika) — physics
  • Khmer: អសន្យាណូវិទ្យា (ʼaʼsɑnyaanouvityiə) — physics
  • Korean: 전자공학 (jeonjagonghak) — physics
  • Korean: 일렉트로닉스 (illekteuronikseu) — physics
  • Northern Kurdish: elektronîk — physics
  • Kyrgyz: электроника (elektronika) — physics
  • Lao: ເອເລັກໂຕນິກ (ʼē lek tō nik) — physics
  • Latin: electronica — physics
  • Latvian: elektronika — physics
  • Lithuanian: elektronika — physics
  • Low German: elektronik — physics
  • Macedonian: електроника (elektronika) — physics
  • Malay: elektronik — physics
  • Māori: mātai tāhiko — physics
  • Mongolian: электроник (elektronik) — physics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elektronikk — physics
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elektronikk — physics
  • Pashto: الکټرونيکس (elekṭroníks) — physics
  • Persian: الکترونیک (elekteronik) — physics
  • Polish: elektronika — physics
  • Brazilian Portuguese: eletrônica — physics
  • European Portuguese: eletrónica — physics
  • Romanian: electronică — physics
  • Russian: электро́ника (elektrónika) — physics
  • Samogitian: alektruonėka — physics
  • Sanskrit: ऋणाणुशास्त्र (ṛṇāṇuśāstra) — physics
  • Serbo-Croatian: електроника — physics
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektronika — physics
  • Sicilian: alittrònica — physics
  • Sinhalese: ඉලෙක්ට්රොනික විද්යාව (ilekṭronika widyāwa) — physics
  • Slovak: elektronika — physics
  • Slovene: elektronika — physics
  • Spanish: electrónica — physics
  • Swahili: elektroniki — physics
  • Swedish: elektronik — physics
  • Tagalog: elektronika — physics
  • Tagalog: dagisikan — physics
  • Tajik: электроника (elektronika) — physics
  • Tamil: இலத்திரனியல் (ilattiraṉiyal) — physics
  • Tatar: электроника (elektroniqa) — physics
  • Thai: อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (ì-lék-trɔɔ-nìk) — physics
  • Turkish: elektronik — physics
  • Turkmen: elektronika — physics
  • Ukrainian: електро́ніка (elektrónika) — physics
  • Urdu: بَرْقِیات (barqiyāt) — physics
  • Urdu: الیکٹرانکس (ilekṭrāniks) — physics
  • Uyghur: ئېلېكترونىكا (ëlëktronika) — physics
  • Uzbek: elektronika — physics
  • Venetan: eletrònega — physics
  • Vietnamese: điện tử học — physics
  • Wolof: mbëjfeppal — physics
  • Yiddish: עלעקטראָניק (elektronik) — physics
  • Bulgarian: електроника (elektronika) — device
  • Catalan: electrònica — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子產品 /电子产品 (diànzǐ chǎnpǐn) — device
  • Czech: elektronika — device
  • Estonian: elektroonika — device
  • Finnish: elektroniikka — device
  • Ido: elektroniko — device
  • Indonesian: elektronik — device
  • Japanese: 電子デバイス (denshi debaisu) — device
  • Japanese: 電子機器 (denshi kiki) — device
  • Khmer: គ្រឿងអសន្យាណូ (krɨəŋ ʼaʼsɑnyiənou) — device
  • Khmer: គ្រឿងអេឡិចត្រូនិច (krɨəng ʼeeləctrounɨc) — device
  • Korean: 전자장치 (jeonjajangchi) — device
  • Korean: 전자제품 (jeonjajepum) — device
  • Korean: 전자기기 (jeonjagigi) — device
  • Malay: elektronik — device
  • Polish: elektronika — device
  • Romanian: electronică — device
  • Russian: электро́ника (elektrónika) — device
  • Russian: электро́нная аппарату́ра (elektrónnaja apparatúra) — device
  • Swahili: elektroniki — device
Real reading context

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