eco

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

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of ecology

Adjective

eco (comparative more eco, superlative most eco)

1. 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 2

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

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• CEO, COE, CoE, Coe, EOC

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Amis

Noun

eco

1. elephant

References

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.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ku/

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

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Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈet͡so/
• Hyphenation: e‧co
• Rhymes: -et͡so

Noun

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

1. quality, attribute

See also

• propreco

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈe.t͡ʃo]
• Hyphenation: éco

Adjective

eco

1. (colloquial, Central Java) delicious (pleasing to taste)

   Synonyms: enak, gurih, lezat, nikmat, raos, sedap

Further reading

• “eco” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛko

Noun

eco f (plural echi)

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

Noun

eco f (invariable)

1. (Short form of: ecografia, medicine) ultrasound, ultrasonography

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Javanese

Adjective

eco

1. Nonstandard spelling of éca.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• echo (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ko/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ku/
• Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)

   Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo

Related terms

• ecoante
• ecoar
• ecolalia
• reverberar

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

Derived terms

• hacer eco de
• hacerse eco de

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Venetian

Etymology 1

Compare Italian eco

Noun

eco m (plural echi)

1. echo

Etymology 2

Compare Italian ecco

Adverb

eco

1. here

Derived terms

• ècome, ècone, ècote, ècove, ècoło, ècheło, ècoła, ècheła, ècołi, èchełi, ècołe, èchełe (adverbial pronouns)