different between economy vs eco

English

Alternative forms

• oeconomy, œconomy (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from ????? (oîkos, “house”) + ???? (ném?, “distribute, allocate”) (surface analysis eco- +? -nomy). The first recorded sense of the word economy, found in a work possibly composed in 1440, is “the management of economic affairs”, in this case, of a monastery.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /i??k?n.?.mi/
• (General American) enPR: ?k?n??m?, ?k?n??m? IPA^(key): /i??k?n.?.mi/, /??k?n.?.mi/, /??k?n.?.mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

economy (countable and uncountable, plural economies)

1. Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
   1. (obsolete) The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.

      animal economy, vegetable economy

   2. (obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
   3. (obsolete) A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.

      the Jewish economy

   4. (obsolete) The disposition or arrangement of any work.

      the economy of a poem

2. The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
3. Frugal use of resources.

   economy of word

   • April 5, 1729, Jonathan Swift, letter to St. John

     I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.

4. The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
5. (theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See w:Economy (religion).)
6. (US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
7. (archaic) Management of one’s residency.

Derived terms

Related terms

• economics
  • macroeconomics
  • microeconomics

Translations

Adjective

economy (not comparable)

1. Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money.

   He bought an economy car.

   Economy size.

Adverb

economy (not comparable)

1. (US) In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.

   Numerous web sites have tips on how to fly economy.

Translations

Anagrams

• monoecy

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)