eco
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
- (Philippine) IPA(key): /ˈɛkoʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Homophone: echo (Philippines)
Etymology 1[edit]
By clipping.
Adjective[edit]
eco (comparative more eco, superlative most eco)
- 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.
- Clipping of economy. Affording economical use, e.g. of an appliance.
- This vacuum cleaner has an eco setting which preserves battery life.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.
Noun[edit]
eco (plural ecos)
- 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[edit]
Amis[edit]
Noun[edit]
eco
References[edit]
“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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eco m (plural ecos)
Creek[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eco
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eco (accusative singular econ, plural ecoj, accusative plural ecojn)
See also[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Javanese ꦲꦺꦕ (éco, éca, “delicious”), from Old Javanese ica, icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā, “wish, desire, inclination”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
éco
- (colloquial, Central Java) delicious (pleasing to taste)
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eco f (plural echi)
Noun[edit]
eco f (invariable)
- (medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).
Javanese[edit]
Adjective[edit]
eco
- Nonstandard spelling of éca, romanization of ꦲꦺꦕ
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In Old Latin spelling, C could represent either the voiceless velar plosive /k/ or its voiced counterpart /g/.
Pronoun[edit]
eco
- 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].
- ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
- c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- echo (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: e‧co
Noun[edit]
eco m (plural ecos)
- echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
- Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eco m (plural ecos)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “eco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
eco m (plural echi)
Etymology 2[edit]
Adverb[edit]
eco
Derived terms[edit]
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English clippings
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with usage examples
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Currencies
- en:Africa
- Amis lemmas
- Amis nouns
- ami:Animals
- Catalan 2-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Creek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Creek lemmas
- Creek nouns
- Esperanto back-formations
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Esperanto/et͡so
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- Esperanto terms suffixed with -eco
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Javanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian adjectives
- Indonesian colloquialisms
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛko
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛko/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Nautical
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- it:Medicine
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- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese adjectives
- Javanese nonstandard forms
- Latin lemmas
- Latin pronouns
- Latin terms with quotations
- Old Latin lemmas
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
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- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Sound
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eko
- Rhymes:Spanish/eko/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Venetian lemmas
- Venetian nouns
- Venetian masculine nouns
- Venetian adverbs