echo
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhō), from ἠχή (ēkhē, “sound”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
- A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
- “Bertie! I've been hunting for you all over the place!” “I was having a chat with Swordfish in his pantry. Something wrong?” “Something wrong!” “Don't you like the Red Room?” “The Red Room!” I gathered from his manner that he had not come to beef about his sleeping accommodation. “Then what is your little trouble?” “My little trouble!” I felt that this sort of thing must be stopped at its source. It was only ten minutes to dressing-for-dinner time, and we could go on along these lines for hours. “Listen, old crumpet,” I said patiently. “Make up your mind whether you are my old friend Reginald Herring or an echo in the Swiss mountains. If you're simply going to repeat every word I say –”
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
- (computing): The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
- The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from echo
Translations [edit]
a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer
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the displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
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the letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet
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Verb [edit]
echo (third-person singular simple present echoes, present participle echoing, simple past and past participle echoed)
- (of a sound or sound waves, intransitive) To reflect off of a surface and return to someone who has heard it already.
- (by extension, transitive) To repeat back precisely what another has just said: to copy in the imitation of a natural echo.
- (by extension, transitive) To repeat (another's speech, opinion, etc.).
- Sid echoed his father's point of view.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:imitate
Translations [edit]
To reflect off of a surface and return to someone
to repeat back what another has just said
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Anagrams [edit]
Asturian [edit]
Verb [edit]
echo
- first-person singular present indicative of echar
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (file)
Verb [edit]
echo
Ladino [edit]
Noun [edit]
echo m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling איג׳ו)
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
echo f (plural echus)
Declension [edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | echo | echūs |
| genitive | echūs | echuum |
| dative | echuī | echibus |
| accusative | echum | echūs |
| ablative | echū | echibus |
| vocative | echo | echūs |
Polish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
echo n
Declension [edit]
declension of echo
Spanish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
echo (infinitive echar)
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English nouns
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- English verbs
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Sound
- Asturian verb forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Ladino nouns
- Latin nouns
- Polish nouns
- Spanish terms with homophones
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
