eco

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
  • (Philippine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Homophone: echo (Philippines)

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

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

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[2] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ku/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

Creek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪ.d͡ʒo]
• Hyphenation: e‧có

Noun

eco

1. 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)

1. quality, attribute

See also

• propreco

Indonesian

Etymology

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.t͡ʃɔ/
• Hyphenation: éco

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, 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)

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

Noun

eco f (invariable)

1. (medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).

Javanese

Adjective

eco

1. 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

1. 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].

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• echo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin echō, 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)

1. 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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

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)