different between techno vs electro

English

Etymology

Clipping of technology.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?kno?/

Noun

techno (uncountable)

1. (music) A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.

Derived terms

• technopop
• technorock

Translations

See also

• techno-
• house
• trance

Anagrams

• Conteh, Tonche

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?xno]

Noun

techno n

1. techno (music style)

Related terms

• See technika

Further reading

• techno in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?k.no/

Noun

techno m (uncountable)

1. techno

Further reading

• “techno” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?k.no/
• Rhymes: -?kno
• Hyphenation: tèch?no

Noun

techno m (invariable)

1. (music) techno

Polish

Etymology

From English techno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?x.n?/

Noun

techno n (indeclinable)

1. techno music

Further reading

• techno in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• techno in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

techno m (plural technos)

1. (music) techno (a style of electronic dancing music)

Spanish

Noun

techno m (uncountable)

1. techno

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

electro (countable and uncountable, plural electros)

1. (countable, obsolete) An electrotype.
2. (uncountable, music) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.

Translations

Verb

electro (third-person singular simple present electros, present participle electroing, simple past and past participle electroed)

1. (archaic) To electrotype.

Anagrams

• Elector, corelet, elector

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.l?k.t?o/
• Homophones: électro-, électro, électros

Etymology 1

Noun

electro f (plural electros)

1. Alternative spelling of électro (music genre)

Etymology 2

Noun

electro m (plural electros)

1. Alternative spelling of électro (électroménager)

Anagrams

• récolte, récolté

Latin

Noun

?lectr?

1. dative singular of ?lectrum
2. ablative singular of ?lectrum

Spanish

Noun

electro m (plural electros)

1. electrum