anechoic

English

Etymology

From an- +‎ echoic, from echo +‎ -ic, from Middle English ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æn.ɛ.ˈ kəʊ.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æn.ɛ.ˈ koʊ.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -əʊɪk, -oʊɪk

Adjective

anechoic (comparative more anechoic, superlative most anechoic)

1. (acoustics) Lacking echoes; that absorbs sound.

   The bassoonist settled into the anechoic chamber and prepared for another grueling recording session.

Synonyms

• echoless

Antonyms

• echoic (transmitting echoes)
• noisy (full of noise)
• reflective (allowing sound to reflect)
• reverberant

Derived terms

• anechoically
• semianechoic

 

Related terms

• echo
• echoic

Translations

lacking echoes

• Breton: anekoek, enep-heklev
• Dutch: galmvrij, echovrij, anechoïsch
• Finnish: kaiuton
• German: echofrei, schalltot
• Greek: ανηχοϊκός (el) (anichoïkós)
• Italian: anecoico (it)
• Polish: bezechowy, bezodbiciowy
• Portuguese: anecoico
• Russian: безэховый (ru) (bezɛxovyj)
• Spanish: anecoico