techno

¹ American  

[tek-noh] / ˈtɛk noʊ /

noun

1. a style of disco music characterized by very fast synthesizer rhythms, heavy use of samples, and a lack of melody.

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techno- ² American  

1. a combining form borrowed from Greek where it meant “art,” “skill,” used in the formation of compound words with the meaning “technique,” “technology,” etc..

   technography.

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techno- ¹ British  

combining form

1. craft or art

   technology

   technography

2. technological or technical

   technocracy

3. relating to or using technology

   technophobia

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techno ² British  

/ ˈtɛknəʊ /

noun

1. a type of very fast dance music, using electronic sounds and fast heavy beats

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Etymology

Origin of techno¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Origin of techno-²

Combining form representing Greek téchnē art, skill. See technic

Example Sentences

As thumping techno music reverberated around a basement in downtown Tel Aviv, some 200 Israeli twentysomethings danced through the night despite the war with Iran upending life above.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Pull up to bask in the glory of genres with Black roots: techno, house and ghettotech.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

To showcase the “music, dance styles and feeling of the 1990s,” the ISU pointed them to pop, techno, hip-hop and grunge rock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

To that point, the New York Times reported that a video of Maduro dancing to techno music, supposedly mocking Trump’s own dance moves, was one of the final provocations for Operation Absolute Resolve.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

The music is a particularly loud techno song, and she has to nearly scream, “To us!”

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King