eco
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
- (Philippines) 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
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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
Romanization edit
eco
- (Indonesia) 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
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛku
- 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
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: e‧co
Noun edit
eco f (plural ecos)
- Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).
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
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- en:Currencies
- en:Africa
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- ami:Animals
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/et͡so
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛko
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- it:Nautical
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛku
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- pt:Sound
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eko
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