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electronic

electronic

adjective eh-lek-TROH-neek Rare

Usage Note

Electronic is used in Italian as an invariable English loanword, mainly in the compound musica electronic or more commonly musica elettronica. The native Italian equivalent is elettronico (elettronica, elettronici, elettroniche), which is far more common in formal and everyday speech. The English form appears almost exclusively in music-genre labelling.

Examples

"Ama la musica electronic e i festival estivi."

Natural Translation

She loves electronic music and summer festivals.

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