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
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eco
Inflection
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
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]Borrowed 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
- (Indonesian) 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]
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
[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
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- English clippings
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- English nouns
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- en:Currencies
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- Catalan countable nouns
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- Creek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Creek lemmas
- Creek nouns
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- mus:Cervids
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- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/et͡so
- Esperanto lemmas
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛko
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛku
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- Portuguese lemmas
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- pt:Sound
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eko
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