écho

See also: echo, Echo, echó, ekhó, and echö

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēchō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ko/

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• Homophone: écot

Noun

écho m (plural échos)

1. echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
2. rumour

Derived terms

• faire écho

Further reading

• “écho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012