techno

techno

See also: Techno and techno-

English

Etymology

Clipping of technology.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛknoʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

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.
    • 2008 March 21, Tim Sullivan, “Bhutanese reluctantly stepping into world of democracy”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section)‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 December 2013[2]:
      This is a country where nightclubs in Thimbu, the capital, throb with techno music, but where smoking is illegal and television did not arrive until 1999.

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛxno]

Noun

techno n

  1. techno (music style)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English techno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛx.noː/, /ˈtɛk.noː/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

techno m (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. techno (musical genre)

Derived terms

  • technofeest
  • technomuziek
  • technorave

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French

Etymology

    Borrowed from English techno.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tɛk.no/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio (France (Somain)):(file)

    Noun

    techno m (uncountable)

    1. techno

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    Italian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.no/
    • Rhymes: -ɛkno
    • Hyphenation: tèch‧no

    Noun

    techno m (invariable)

    1. (music) techno

    Polish

    Etymology

      Borrowed from English techno.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈtɛx.nɔ/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɛxnɔ
      • Syllabification: tech‧no

      Noun

      techno n (indeclinable)

      1. techno music

      Further reading

      • techno”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • techno”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[4] (in Polish)

      Portuguese

      Noun

      techno m (plural technos)

      1. alternative form of tecno

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      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈteɡno/ [ˈt̪eɣ̞.no]
      • Rhymes: -eɡno
      • Syllabification: tech‧no

      Noun

      techno m (uncountable)

      1. techno