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eco

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"

English

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Etymology 1

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By clipping.

Adjective

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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.
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Etymology 2

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From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.

 
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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.

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Amis

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Noun

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eco

  1. elephant

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“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

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Noun

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eco m (plural ecos)

  1. echo

Creek

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Eco.

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Noun

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eco

  1. deer

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of eco (alienable)
Singular Plural
First person vmeco pomeco
Second person cemeco
Third person emeco

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References

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  • 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

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Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).

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

  1. quality, attribute

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦺꦕ (éco, éca, “delicious”), from Old Javanese ica, icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā, “wish, desire, inclination”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈe.t͡ʃo/, [ˈe.t͡ʃo]
  • Hyphenation: é‧co

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éco

  1. (colloquial, Central Java) delicious (pleasing to taste)
    Synonyms: enak, gurih, lezat, nikmat, raos, sedap

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Italian

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Noun

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eco f (plural echi)

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

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eco f (invariable)

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

Javanese

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Romanization

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eco

  1. (Indonesian) Nonstandard spelling of éca, Romanization of ꦲꦺꦕ

Latin

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Etymology

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In Old Latin spelling, C could represent either the voiceless velar plosive /k/ or its voiced counterpart /g/.

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eco

  1. 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].

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛku
  • Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

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eco m (plural ecos)

  1. echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
    Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

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  • Hyphenation: e‧co

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eco f (plural ecos)

  1. Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeko/ [ˈe.ko]
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Syllabification: e‧co

Noun

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eco m (plural ecos)

  1. echo

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Venetian

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Etymology 1

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Compare Italian eco

Noun

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eco m (plural echi)

  1. echo

Etymology 2

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Compare Italian ecco

Adverb

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eco

  1. here
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