eco
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
- (Philippine) IPA(key): /ˈɛkoʊ/
Audio (Berkshire) (file) - Homophone: echo (Philippines)
Etymology 1
By clipping.
Adjective
eco (comparative more eco, superlative most eco)
- Clipping of ecological. Environmentally friendly or sensitive.
- 2008, December 28, “Lucy Siegle”, in Why older isn't always wiser:
- Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point […]
- 2019, Roger Hunt, Marianne Suhr, Old House Eco Handbook (page 156)
- Check the eco credentials of your paint – not all are what they say on the tin.
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- Clipping of economy. Affording economical use, e.g. of an appliance.
- This vacuum cleaner has an eco setting which preserves battery life.
Derived terms
- eco hotel
Etymology 2
From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.
Noun
eco (plural ecos)
- A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States.
Anagrams
- CEO, COE, CoE, Coe, EOC, ceo
Amis
Noun
eco
- elephant
References
2021, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (阿美語中部方言辭典) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ko/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ku/
Audio (file)
Noun
eco m (plural ecos)
- echo
Creek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪ.d͡ʒo]
- Hyphenation: e‧có
Noun
eco
- deer
Esperanto
Etymology
Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈet͡so]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -et͡so
- Hyphenation: e‧co
Noun
eco (accusative singular econ, plural ecoj, accusative plural ecojn)
- quality, attribute
See also
- propreco
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese eco, éca (ꦲꦺꦕ, “delicious”), from Old Javanese ica, icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā, “wish, desire, inclination”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.t͡ʃo/, /ˈe.t͡ʃɔ/
- Hyphenation: éco
Adjective
éco
- (colloquial, Central Java) delicious (pleasing to taste)
- Synonyms: enak, gurih, lezat, nikmat, raos, sedap
Further reading
- “eco” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ko/
- Rhymes: -ɛko
- Hyphenation: è‧co
Noun
eco f (plural echi)
- echo
- echoing sound
- (nautical) sounding (of the depth)
Noun
eco f (invariable)
- (medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).
Javanese
Adjective
eco
- Nonstandard spelling of éca, romanization of ꦲꦺꦕ
Latin
Etymology
In Old Latin spelling, C could represent either the voiceless velar plosive /k/ or its voiced counterpart /g/.
Pronoun
eco
- Early Latin spelling of ego
- c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:
- 𐌄𐌂𐌏𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌉𐌀𐌔𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓[𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌]𐌄𐌃𐌖𐌇𐌄[𐌂𐌄𐌃]
- ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
eco vrna tita vendias mamar[cos m]ed vhe[ced] - I am the urn of Tita Vendia. Mamar[cos had me made].
- ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
- c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- echo (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ku/
- Hyphenation: e‧co
Noun
eco m (plural ecos)
- echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
- Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo
Related terms
- ecoante
- ecoar
- ecolalia
- reverberar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeko/ [ˈe.ko]
- Rhymes: -eko
- Syllabification: e‧co
Noun
eco m (plural ecos)
- echo
Derived terms
- cámara de eco
- hacer eco de
- hacerse eco de
Further reading
- “eco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
Etymology 1
Compare Italian eco
Noun
eco m (plural echi)
- echo
Etymology 2
Compare Italian ecco
Adverb
eco
- here
Derived terms
- ècome, ècone, ècote, ècove, ècoło, ècheło, ècoła, ècheła, ècołi, èchełi, ècołe, èchełe (adverbial pronouns)