different between eco vs eko

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of ecology

Adjective

eco (comparative more eco, superlative most eco)

1. Environmentally friendly or sensitive.

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

Amis

Noun

eco

1. elephant

References

2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?et?so/
• Hyphenation: e?co
• Rhymes: -et?so

Noun

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

1. quality, attribute

See also

• propreco

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?e.t??o]
• 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.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ko/
• Rhymes: -?ko

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

Javanese

Adjective

eco

1. Nonstandard spelling of éca.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• echo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ??? (?kh?), from ??? (?kh?, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh?g?-.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.ko/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?ch?, from Ancient Greek ??? (?kh?).

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

1. echo

Derived terms

• hacer eco de
• hacerse eco de

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, èco?o, èche?o, èco?a, èche?a, èco?i, èche?i, èco?e, èche?e (adverbial pronouns)

Esperanto

Etymology

ek +? -o

Noun

eko (accusative singular ekon, plural ekoj, accusative plural ekojn)

1. start, beginning

Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of ekonomaiseri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eko/, [?e?ko?]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: e?ko

Noun

eko

1. (slang) economizer (part of a steam boiler)

Declension

Anagrams

• koe

Ido

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

eko (plural eki)

1. echo

Derived terms

• ekigar (“to echo”) (transitive)

Pali

Alternative forms

Numeral

eko

1. masculine nominative singular of eka (“one”)

Rayón Zoque

Noun

eko

1. stalk (e.g. of bananas)

References

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)?^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ??? (?kh?). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?k?/

Noun

eko n

1. an echo; a reflected sound

Usage notes

• Radio Sweden's news broadcasts are named Dagens eko, often referred to as ekot (the echo).
• In some compounds, the prefix eko- is a contraction of either ekonomi (“economy”) or ekologi (“ecology”)

Declension

Derived terms

• ekokammare
• ekolod