eco

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.kəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈi.koʊ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.koː/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkoʊ/
  • Homophone: echo

Etymology 1

By clipping.

Adjective

eco (comparative more eco, superlative most eco)

1. Clipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive.
   • 2008 December 28, Lucy Siegle, “Why older isn't always wiser”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     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.

2. 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
• eco round

Etymology 2

From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.

Noun

eco (plural ecos)

1. 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

1. elephant

References

阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[2] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2024

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈe̞.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɛ.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛ.ku]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

Creek

Eco.

Pronunciation

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪd͡ʒó]
• Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco

1. deer

Declension

Declension of eco

Absolutive	eco
Subjective	ecot
Objective	econ

Possessive inflection of eco (alienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	vmeco	pomeco
Second person	cemeco
Third person	emeco

Derived terms

• corakko
• ecuce

References

• J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 21
• J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 51

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈet͡so/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -et͡so
• Syllabification: e‧co

Noun

eco (accusative singular econ, plural ecoj, accusative plural ecojn)

1. quality, attribute

See also

• propreco

Further reading

• “eco”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “eco”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦺꦕ (éco, éca, “delicious”), from Old Javanese ica, icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā, “wish, desire, inclination”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.t͡ʃo/, [ˈe.t͡ʃo]
• Hyphenation: é‧co

Adjective

éco

1. (colloquial, Central Java) delicious (pleasing to taste)

   Synonyms: enak, gurih, lezat, nikmat, raos, sedap

Further reading

• “eco”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēchō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ko/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Eco
• Rhymes: -ɛko
• Hyphenation: è‧co

Noun

eco f or (colloquial or literary) m (plural echi m or (proscribed) eco f)

1. echo
2. echoing sound
3. (nautical) sounding (of the depth)
4. rough estimate

Alternative forms

• ecco (archaic)

Noun

eco f (invariable)

1. (medicine) short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography, ecography”)
2. (medicine) short for ecocardiogramma (“echocardiogram”)

Descendants

• →? Albanian: jeh (and/or directly from Latin)

Further reading

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “eco”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
• eco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Javanese

Romanization

eco

1. (Indonesian) 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 /ɡ/.

Pronoun

𐌄𐌂𐌏 (ecō)

1. Old Latin spelling of egō̆
   • c. 620–600 BCE, Tita Vendia vase (transliteration: Camps Felip, Júlia, Desinències nominals llatines arcaiques: anàlisi diacrònica des del protoindoeuropeu i fonts (bachelor thesis), page 14):

     𐌄𐌂𐌏𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌉𐌀𐌔𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓[𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌]𐌄𐌃𐌖𐌇𐌄[𐌂𐌄𐌃]

     [Ecō urna Titā Vendiās. Māmar[cos m]ēd vhē[ced].]

     ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]

     I am the urn of Tita Vendia. Mamar[cus had m]e ma[de].

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.

Alternative forms

• echo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɛku
• Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

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

   Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo

Related terms

• ecoante
• ecoar
• ecolalia
• ecolocação
• ecolocalização
• ecolocalizar

Etymology 2

Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kɔ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɔ
• Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco f (plural ecos)

1. clipping of ecografia (“echography”)

Further reading

• “eco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “eco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeko/ [ˈe.ko]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: e‧co

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

Derived terms

• cámara de eco
• hacer eco de
• hacerse eco de

Further reading

• “eco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology 1

Compare Italian eco

Noun

eco m (plural echi)

1. echo

Etymology 2

Compare Italian ecco

Adverb

eco

1. here

Derived terms

• ècome, ècone, ècote, ècove, ècoło, ècheło, ècoła, ècheła, ècołi, èchełi, ècołe, èchełe (adverbial pronouns)