techno

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 'a style of popular music making extensive use of electronic instruments and sythesized sound'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian techno the same as in English, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch techno [= English / tεχno:] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish techno / Tekno [= English] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern dito ...
French techno [tekno] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: modern dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German techno [tekno(υ)] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern dito ...
Hungarian techno [tekno(:)] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, youth dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian techno [tekno] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian techno [teknu] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Polish techno [texno] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern, youth dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish techno / tecno [tekno] 1990s the same as in English, status: restricted use: youth, modern dito ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.
  • Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: techno [= English], 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, youth; Romanian: techno [tehno], 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern; Russian: tekhno, 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern; Bulgarian: tekhno, 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical; Albanian: tekno, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern; Greek: tekno, 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, modern, youth;,