eco
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈɛkoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophone: echo (Philippines)
Etymology 1
editBy clipping.
Adjective
editeco (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
editEtymology 2
editFrom ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.
Noun
editeco (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
editAmis
editNoun
editeco
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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editeco m (plural ecos)
Creek
editPronunciation
editNoun
editeco
Inflection
editDerived terms
editReferences
editEsperanto
editEtymology
editBack-formation from -eco (“quality”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeco (accusative singular econ, plural ecoj, accusative plural ecojn)
See also
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Javanese ꦲꦺꦕ (éco, éca, “delicious”), from Old Javanese ica, icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā, “wish, desire, inclination”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editéco
- (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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editeco f (plural echi)
Noun
editeco f (invariable)
- (medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).
Javanese
editRomanization
editeco
- (Indonesian) Nonstandard spelling of éca, Romanization of ꦲꦺꦕ
Latin
editEtymology
editIn Old Latin spelling, C could represent either the voiceless velar plosive /k/ or its voiced counterpart /g/.
Pronoun
editeco
- Early 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].
- ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
- c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɛku
- Hyphenation: e‧co
Noun
editeco m (plural ecos)
- echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
- Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editClipping of ecografia (“echography”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: e‧co
Noun
editeco f (plural ecos)
- Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeco m (plural ecos)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “eco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetan
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editeco m (plural echi)
Etymology 2
editAdverb
editeco
Derived terms
edit- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- 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 terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Creek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Creek lemmas
- Creek nouns
- Creek alienable nouns
- mus:Cervids
- Esperanto back-formations
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation
- 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 2-syllable words
- 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 terms with audio pronunciation
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Nautical
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- it:Medicine
- Italian short forms
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations
- Indonesian Javanese
- Javanese nonstandard forms
- Latin lemmas
- Latin pronouns
- Latin terms with quotations
- Old Latin lemmas
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛku
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛku/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese clippings
- Portuguese nouns with irregular gender
- Portuguese feminine 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
- Venetan lemmas
- Venetan nouns
- Venetan masculine nouns
- Venetan adverbs