# eco
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈiːkəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈikoʊ/
** (Philippines) IPA: /ˈɛkoʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophone: echo (Philippines)

### Etymology 1

By clipping.

#### Adjective

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: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

* eco hotel
* eco round

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

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

* CEO, COE, CoE, Coe, EOC, ceo

## Amis
### Noun

eco
* elephant

### References

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈɛ.ku]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɛ.ko]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

eco m (plural ecos)
* echo

## Creek
### Pronunciation

* (Oklahoma) IPA: [ɪd͡ʒó]
* Hyphenation: e‧co

### Noun

eco
* deer

#### Derived terms

* corakko
* ecuce

### References

* 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
### Etymology

Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈet͡so]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -et͡so
* Hyphenation: e‧co

### Noun

eco (accusative singular econ, plural ecoj, accusative plural ecojn)
* quality, attribute

### See also

* propreco

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.t͡ʃo/, [ˈe.t͡ʃo]
* Hyphenation: é‧co

### Adjective

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

### Further reading

* “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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.ko/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛko
* Hyphenation: è‧co

### Noun

eco f or (colloquial or literary) m (masculine plural echi, feminine plural (proscribed) invariable)
* echo
* echoing sound
* (nautical) sounding (of the depth)

### Noun

eco f (invariable)
* (medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).

### References

* ↑ eco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* 1 2 eco in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

## Javanese
### Romanization

eco
* (Indonesian) Nonstandard spelling of éca, Romanization of ꦲꦺꦕ

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

eco
* Old 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
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* echo (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.ku/
* Rhymes: -ɛku
* Hyphenation: e‧co

#### Noun

eco m (plural ecos)
* echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
    Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo

##### Related terms

* ecoante
* ecoar
* ecolalia
* ecolocação
* ecolocalização
* ecolocalizar

### Etymology 2

Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.kɔ/
* Hyphenation: e‧co

#### Noun

eco f (plural ecos)
* Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeko/ [ˈe.ko]
* Rhymes: -eko
* Syllabification: e‧co

### Noun

eco m (plural ecos)
* echo

#### Derived terms

* cámara de eco
* hacer eco de
* hacerse eco de

### Further reading

* “eco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology 1

Compare Italian eco

#### Noun

eco m (plural echi)
* echo

### Etymology 2

Compare Italian ecco

#### Adverb

eco
* here

##### Derived terms

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