eco

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈikoʊ/
  • (Philippines) 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
• 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

“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

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

Creek

Eco.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eco

1. deer

Inflection

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:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -et͡so
• Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

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

1. quality, attribute

See also

• propreco

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ko/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛko
• Hyphenation: è‧co

Noun

eco f or (colloquial or literary) m (masculine plural echi, feminine plural (proscribed) invariable)

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

Noun

eco f (invariable)

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

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 /g/.

Pronoun

eco

1. Old Latin spelling of ego
   • c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:

     𐌄𐌂𐌏𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌉𐌀𐌔𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓[𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌]𐌄𐌃𐌖𐌇𐌄[𐌂𐌄𐌃]

     ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
     ecō vrnā Titā Vendiās Mamar[cos m]ēd vhe[ced]

     I am the urn of Tita Vendia. Mamar[cos made me].

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

• 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/

• Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco f (plural ecos)

1. Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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)