# ecu
## English
### Alternative forms

* ECU

### Etymology

From the initial letters of European currency unit; simultaneously an allusion to the historical currency écu.

### Noun

ecu (plural ecus)
* (historical) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* CUE, UCE, 'cue, cue, Cue, CEU

## Asturian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ecu m (plural ecos)
* echo (reflected sound)

##### Synonyms

* (reflected sound): bauríu, resclamu

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ecu m (plural ecus)
* (dated) ecu (currency)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English ecu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeku/, [ˈe̞ku]
* Rhymes: -eku

### Noun

ecu (dated)
* ecu

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ecu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ecuni
ecuni
accusative
nom.
ecuni
ecuni
gen.
ecuni
genitive
ecuni
ecujeni
partitive
ecuani
ecujani
inessive
ecussani
ecuissani
elative
ecustani
ecuistani
illative
ecuuni
ecuihini
adessive
ecullani
ecuillani
ablative
ecultani
ecuiltani
allative
eculleni
ecuilleni
essive
ecunani
ecuinani
translative
ecukseni
ecuikseni
abessive
ecuttani
ecuittani
instructive
comitative
—ecuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ecusi
ecusi
accusative
nom.
ecusi
ecusi
gen.
ecusi
genitive
ecusi
ecujesi
partitive
ecuasi
ecujasi
inessive
ecussasi
ecuissasi
elative
ecustasi
ecuistasi
illative
ecuusi
ecuihisi
adessive
ecullasi
ecuillasi
ablative
ecultasi
ecuiltasi
allative
ecullesi
ecuillesi
essive
ecunasi
ecuinasi
translative
ecuksesi
ecuiksesi
abessive
ecuttasi
ecuittasi
instructive
comitative
—ecuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ecumme
ecumme
accusative
nom.
ecumme
ecumme
gen.
ecumme
genitive
ecumme
ecujemme
partitive
ecuamme
ecujamme
inessive
ecussamme
ecuissamme
elative
ecustamme
ecuistamme
illative
ecuumme
ecuihimme
adessive
ecullamme
ecuillamme
ablative
ecultamme
ecuiltamme
allative
ecullemme
ecuillemme
essive
ecunamme
ecuinamme
translative
ecuksemme
ecuiksemme
abessive
ecuttamme
ecuittamme
instructive
comitative
—ecuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ecunne
ecunne
accusative
nom.
ecunne
ecunne
gen.
ecunne
genitive
ecunne
ecujenne
partitive
ecuanne
ecujanne
inessive
ecussanne
ecuissanne
elative
ecustanne
ecuistanne
illative
ecuunne
ecuihinne
adessive
ecullanne
ecuillanne
ablative
ecultanne
ecuiltanne
allative
ecullenne
ecuillenne
essive
ecunanne
ecuinanne
translative
ecuksenne
ecuiksenne
abessive
ecuttanne
ecuittanne
instructive
comitative
—ecuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ecunsa
ecunsa
accusative
nom.
ecunsa
ecunsa
gen.
ecunsa
genitive
ecunsa
ecujensa
partitive
ecuaan ecuansa
ecujaan ecujansa
inessive
ecussaan ecussansa
ecuissaan ecuissansa
elative
ecustaan ecustansa
ecuistaan ecuistansa
illative
ecuunsa
ecuihinsa
adessive
ecullaan ecullansa
ecuillaan ecuillansa
ablative
ecultaan ecultansa
ecuiltaan ecuiltansa
allative
eculleen ecullensa
ecuilleen ecuillensa
essive
ecunaan ecunansa
ecuinaan ecuinansa
translative
ecukseen ecuksensa
ecuikseen ecuiksensa
abessive
ecuttaan ecuttansa
ecuittaan ecuittansa
instructive
comitative
—ecuineen ecuinensa :

### Further reading

* “ecu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02