eco-

See also: eco, Eco, ECO, eço, -eco, and éco-

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French eco-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin oeco, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕkŏ-
• IPA^(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/

Prefix

eco-

1. ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)
2. economy

Usage notes

Primarily used in ecology/environment sense; if used in “economy” sense, usually as part of economy or a derived term.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with eco-

• ecoporn
• eco-town

(Economics):

• econometrics
• econometry
• economy

Translations

concerning ecology or the environment

• Afrikaans: eko-
• Aragonese: eco-
• Armenian: էկո- (ēko-)
• Breton: eko-
• Bulgarian: еко- (eko-)
• Catalan: eco- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生 (zh) (sheng)

• Corsican: ecu-
• Czech: eko-
• Danish: øko- (da)
• Dutch: eco- (nl)
• Esperanto: eko-
• Finnish: eko-
• French: éco- (fr)
• Galician: eco- (gl)
• Georgian: ეკო- (eḳo-)
• German: öko- (de)

  Alemannic German: öko-

• Greek: οικο- (el) (oiko-)
• Hebrew: אקו-
• Hungarian: öko-
• Icelandic: visti-
• Ido: eko-
• Indonesian: eko-
• Interlingua: eco-
• Irish: éici-, éicea-
• Italian: eco- (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 生 (ja) (sei)
• Korean: 생태학 (ko) (sang-)
• Latin: oeco-
• Lithuanian: eko-
• Luxembourgish: öko-
• Macedonian: еко- (eko-)
• Malay: eko-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øko-

  Nynorsk: øko-

• Occitan: eco-
• Polish: eko-
• Portuguese: eco- (pt)
• Romanian: eco-
• Russian: эко- (eko-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еко-

  Roman: eko-

• Slovak: eko-
• Slovene: eko-
• Spanish: eco- (es)
• Sundanese: éko-
• Swedish: eko- (sv)
• Tagalog: eko-
• Turkish: eko-
• Ukrainian: еко- (eko-)
• Vietnamese: sinh (vi)
• Welsh: eco-

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} eco-
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} eco-

Anagrams

• CEO, COE, CoE, EOC

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

eco-

1. eco-

Dutch terms prefixed with eco-

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Italian

Prefix

eco-

1. Forms words relating to echos
2. eco- (environmental)

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Portuguese

Prefix

eco-

1. eco- (concerning ecology or the environment)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).

Prefix

eco-

1. eco- (forming words concerning ecology or the environment)

   sistema (“system”) → ecosistema (“ecosystem”).

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin echo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “echo”).

Prefix

eco-

1. Forming words relating to echos or other reflected waves.

   cardiograma (“cardiogram”) → ecocardiograma (“echocardiogram”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with eco-