"techno" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛknoʊ/ [General-American]
Etymology: Clipping of technology. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|technology}} Clipping of technology Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: techno Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres Derived forms: hardcore techno, technopop, technorock, toytown techno Related terms: techno-, house, trance Translations (style of music): تِكْنُو (tiknū) [masculine] (Arabic), تَكْنُو (taknū) [masculine] (Arabic), tekno [masculine] (Breton), techno [masculine] (Breton), техно (tehno) (Bulgarian), techno (Catalan), tecno (Catalan), 高科技舞曲 (gāokējì wǔqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐵克諾音樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁克诺音乐 (tiěkènuò yīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), techno [neuter] (Czech), techno (Danish), techno [masculine] (Dutch), teĥno (Esperanto), tekno (Esperanto), teĥnomuziko (Esperanto), teknomuziko (Esperanto), tekno (Estonian), tehno (Estonian), tekno (Finnish), teknomusiikki (Finnish), techno (Finnish), techno (Galician), tecno (Galician), ტექნო (ṭekno) (Georgian), Techno [masculine] (German), τέκνο (tékno) [neuter] (Greek), techno (Hungarian), teknó (Icelandic), tekno (Ido), techno (Italian), テクノ (tekuno) (Japanese), 테크노 (tekeuno) (Korean), musica technica [feminine] (Latin), technicum [neuter] (Latin), tehno (Latvian), techno (Lithuanian), टेक्नो (ṭekno) [neuter] (Marathi), techno (Norwegian Nynorsk), تکنو (Persian), techno [neuter] (Polish), tecno [masculine] (Portuguese), techno (Quechua), techno (Romanian), те́хно (téxno) [neuter] (Russian), teacno (Scottish Gaelic), techno (Serbo-Croatian), techno (Sicilian), techno (Slovak), techno (Slovene), techno [masculine] (Spanish), techno (Swedish), เทคโน (Thai), техно (texno) (Ukrainian), techno (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "musica technica"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "technicum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "tehno"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ṭekno",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "टेक्नो"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "تکنو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tecno"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "téxno",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "те́хно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "teacno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "เทคโน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "texno",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "техно"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "techno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "techno"
}

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