echo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛk.əʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɛk.oʊ/ (General-American, Philippines)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor. Latin ēchō Medieval Latin ēccōbor. Middle English eccho English echo From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
To you I mourn; nor to the Deaf I ſing, / The Woods ſhall anſwer, and their Echo ring.
1709 May, Alexander Pope, “Pastorals. Summer. The Second Pastoral, or Alexis.”, in Poetical Miscellanies: The Sixth Part. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 732:“Then what is your little trouble?” “My little trouble!” I felt that this sort of thing must be stopped at its source. It was only ten minutes to dressing-for-dinner time, and we could go on along these lines for hours. “Listen, old crumpet,” I said patiently. “Make up your mind whether you are my old friend Reginald Herring or an echo in the Swiss mountains. If you're simply going to repeat every word I say –”
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter X, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:The babbling echo mocks the hounds.
c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
- (countable, uncountable) An utterance repeating what has just been said.
- (countable, uncountable) A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart.
1878, Robert Louis Stevenson, Will o' the Mill:Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them.
1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
The frustration with the political process that in the '60s led to the formation of resistance groups finds an echo in today's increasingly confrontational tactics.
1991 February 4, Owen Shows, “Start Making Sense”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 11:
- (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.
- (countable, uncountable) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
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(countable, uncountable) An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
When someone asks an off-topic question […] they are usually quickly told to knock it off. You can't ask a question about modems in an echo devoted to local-area networks.
1992, Dial in, page 9:
- (alt-of, countable, qualifier:international standards, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (countable, uncountable) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
- (countable, uncountable) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
- (countable, uncountable) An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable) Clipping of echocardiography.
alt of echocardiography
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable) Clipping of echocardiogram.
alt of echocardiogram
[…] his echocardiogram had been read as normal. […] Joseph interrupted, "But my echo was normal. How could it be my heart?"
2004, Francis V. Adams, Healing Through Empathy, page 66:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| echoe | alternative | lexicographic | |
| echos | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| eccho | alternative | lexicographic | |
| echoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
echotextural · echo sounding · echo plate · echoic · echo boomer · echoendoscope · echostructural · echo-ranging · isoecho · echolocate · echophony · echogenic · light echo · photo echo · echo chamber · echoey · echometer · echoist · cheer to the echo · echolocation · echograph · echo stop · anechoic · flutter echo · echo state network · echoback · echoplex · spin echo · echoize · echocardiogram · echography · hypoechoic · subecho · thought echo · echoise · echo time · echoendoscopic · echocardiology · echoplanar · echokinetic · applaud to the echo · echophonocardiography · forward echo · echogenicity · echo organ · echotexture · echophenomenon · echoendoscopy · echotomogram · echoism · echolocator · echoplasia · echoer · re-echo · echoless · echo subject · echo word · reecho · echo parakeet · echo poem · Hahn echo · echo vowel · echoencephalography · echokinesis · echocardiography · multiecho · hypoecho · echogram · echopathy · echo sounder · echoscope · echolalia · pre-echo · echostructure · tape echo · echolike · echoacousia · echotomography
Hypernyms
Translations (177)
uk відлу́ння (reflected sound) · lnd lituh (reflected sound) · nn ekko (reflected sound) · pt eco (reflected sound) · sw mwangwi (reflected sound) · kn ಸೆಲೆ (reflected sound) · nds-de Wedderhall (reflected sound) · chr ᏚᎷᎭᎬ (reflected sound) · da ekko (reflected sound) · nl echo (reflected sound) · enm eccho (reflected sound) · et kaja (reflected sound) · ps انګه (reflected sound) · it eco (reflected sound) · eo eĥo (reflected sound) · uz aks (reflected sound) · az əks-səda (reflected sound) · ko 에코 (reflected sound) · be во́дгук (reflected sound) · sa प्रतिध्वनिः (reflected sound) · lv atbalss (reflected sound) · he הֵד (reflected sound) · lo ໂຄດ (reflected sound) · fa-ira پِژْواک (reflected sound) · nds-de Eko (reflected sound) · mrw olaleng (reflected sound) · ja エコー (reflected sound) · hi प्रतिशब्द (reflected sound) · nb gjenlyd (reflected sound) · hi गूँज (reflected sound) · ml പ്രതിധ്വനി (reflected sound) · de Echo (reflected sound) · ps انګروزه (reflected sound) · sl eho (reflected sound) · sa प्रतिध्वनि (reflected sound) · ka ექო (reflected sound) · ru о́тзвук (reflected sound) · ms tala (reflected sound) · nb etterklang (reflected sound) · be адгало́ссе (reflected sound) · fi kaiutus (displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed) · is endurómur (reflected sound) · uk луна́ (reflected sound) · ps زونګه (reflected sound) · cv ахрӑм (reflected sound) · bg е́хо (reflected sound) · be во́дгалас (reflected sound) · kjh янъ (reflected sound) · cs odezva (response, answer) · nb ekko (reflected sound) · km ប្រតិនិន្នាទ (reflected sound) · de Tastaturecho (displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed) · de Bildschirmecho (displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed) · cmn 回聲 /回声 (reflected sound) · af eggo (reflected sound) · ps طنين (reflected sound) · ms guk (reflected sound) · km សូរខ្ទ័រ (reflected sound) · ang windumær (reflected sound) · sk ozvena (reflected sound) · vo leog (reflected sound) · kmr olan (reflected sound) · he בַּת־קוֹל (reflected sound) · is bergmál (reflected sound) · th เสียงสะท้อน (reflected sound) · bn প্রতিধ্বনি (reflected sound) · hi प्रतिध्वनि (reflected sound) · ka გამოძახილი (reflected sound) · gl eco (reflected sound) · uz aks sado (reflected sound) · be рэ́ха (reflected sound) · uk ві́дгук (reflected sound) · ms gema (reflected sound) · el ηχώ (reflected sound) · cy atsain (reflected sound) · uk ві́дгомін (reflected sound) · be во́дгулле (reflected sound) · mk одек (reflected sound) · ga allabhair (reflected sound) · ckb زایەڵە (reflected sound) · sh jȅka (reflected sound) · kmr vedeng (reflected sound) · te ప్రతిధ్వని (reflected sound) · io eko (reflected sound) · lnd linguh (reflected sound) · ru э́хо (displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed) · mel ngeah (reflected sound) · nn etterklang (reflected sound) · lt aidas (reflected sound) · fi kaiku (reflected sound) · ro ecou (reflected sound) · mk ехо (reflected sound) · ko 산명 (reflected sound) · ja 反響 (reflected sound) · kw daslev (reflected sound) · id gema (reflected sound) · cy adlef (reflected sound) · sv eko (reflected sound) · ru отголо́сок (reflected sound) · ja やまびこ (reflected sound) · hy արձագանք (reflected sound) · tvl sikuleo (reflected sound) · fo afturljóð (reflected sound) · ur گُون٘ج (reflected sound) · uz sado (reflected sound) · mn цуурай (reflected sound) · hi अनुनाद (reflected sound) · uz exo (reflected sound) · kmr dengvedan (reflected sound) · gun 'ãgue (reflected sound) · ur بازْگَشْت (reflected sound) · cy adlais (reflected sound) · be адгало́сьсе (reflected sound) · alt јаҥу (reflected sound) · ky жаңырык (reflected sound) · vi tiếng dội (reflected sound) · cs ohlas (response, answer) · tl umalingawngaw (reflected sound) · ms talun (reflected sound) · sv genljud (reflected sound) · gl resón (reflected sound) · ja こだま (reflected sound) · ps پژواک (reflected sound) · kn ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿ (reflected sound) · ps زوږتلانګه (reflected sound) · ar صَدًى (reflected sound) · ab аныҩ (displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed) · ms gaung (reflected sound) · la imāgo vōcis (reflected sound) · pl pogłos (reflected sound) · lo ສຽງກ້ອງ (reflected sound) · ast ecu (reflected sound) · tr yankı (reflected sound) · my ပဲ့တင်သံ (reflected sound) · eu oihartzun (reflected sound) · nn atterklang (reflected sound) · iba auh (reflected sound) · xal дүүрән (reflected sound) · ko 산울림 (reflected sound) · kk жаңғырық (reflected sound) · ru э́хо (reflected sound) · pl echo (reflected sound) · be адгало́с (reflected sound) · hi गूंज (reflected sound) · ug سادا (reflected sound) · ps تلانګه (reflected sound) · ps هنګامه (reflected sound) · sq jehonë (reflected sound) · ko 메아리 (reflected sound) · bg о́тзвук (reflected sound) · lo ກັງວານ (reflected sound) · sh је̏ка (reflected sound) · kw dasson (reflected sound) · tg пажвок (reflected sound) · de Widerhall (reflected sound) · ca eco (reflected sound) · cmn 應聲 /应声 (reflected sound) · fr écho (reflected sound) · ta எதிரொலி (reflected sound) · gd ath-sgal (reflected sound) · vi tiếng vang (reflected sound) · lo ສຽງກູ່ (reflected sound) · gd mac-talla (reflected sound) · be во́дгульле (reflected sound) · es eco (reflected sound) · tsg ulangig (reflected sound) · gu પડઘો (reflected sound) · ug ئەكس سادا (reflected sound) · tt кайтаваз (reflected sound) · sl odmev (reflected sound) · hu visszhang (reflected sound) · cs ozvěna (reflected sound) · ga macalla (reflected sound) · gd ath-aithris (displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed) · nn atterljom (reflected sound) · nl naklank (reflected sound) · tk ýaň (reflected sound)