eco
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Shortening of ecology
AdjectiveEdit
eco (comparative more eco, superlative most eco)
- Environmentally friendly or sensitive.
- 2008, December 28, “Lucy Siegle”, in Why older isn't always wiser[1]:
- Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point […]
Etymology 2Edit
From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.
NounEdit
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.
AnagramsEdit
AmisEdit
NounEdit
eco
ReferencesEdit
2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (阿美語中部方言詞典) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eco m (plural ecos)
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
eco (accusative singular econ, plural ecoj, accusative plural ecojn)
See alsoEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Javanese eco, éca (ꦲꦺꦕ, “delicious”), from Old Javanese ica, icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā, “wish, desire, inclination”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
eco
- (colloquial, Central Java) delicious (pleasing to taste)
Further readingEdit
- “eco” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛko
NounEdit
eco f (plural echi)
NounEdit
eco f (invariable)
- (Short form of: ecografia, medicine) ultrasound, ultrasonography
JavaneseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
eco
- Nonstandard spelling of éca.
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- echo (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eco m (plural ecos)
- echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
- Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).
NounEdit
eco m (plural ecos)
Derived termsEdit
VenetianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
eco m (plural echi)
Etymology 2Edit
AdverbEdit
eco