echo
English
/ˈɛkəʊ/, /ˈɛkoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
- An utterance repeating what has just been said.
- (poetry) A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
- (figurative) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
- (computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
- The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- (whist) 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.
- (whist) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
- (medicine)
- (medicine)
Etymology
Derived from Middle English eccho derived from Latin ecco, echo derived from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (echo, reflected sound).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἠχώ
Gloss
echo, reflected sound
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anechogenic English
- anechoic English
- anechoically English
- autoecholalia English
- back English
- cardioechography English
- cardiography English
- cardiology English
- echoable English
- echoback English
- echocardiographical English
- echocardiography English
- echocardiologist English
- echocardiology English
- echoencephalography English
- echoendoscope English
- echoendoscopic English
- echoendoscopically English
- echoendoscopy English
- echoer English
- echoest English
- echoeth English
- echoey English
- echogenic English
- echogenicity English
- echogram English
- echograph English
- echographer English
- echographic English
- echography English
- echoic English
- echoically English
- echoise English
- echoism English
- echoist English
- echoize English
- echokinesis English
- echokinetic English
- echolalia English
- echolalic English
- echoless English
- echolessness English
- echolocate English
- echolocation English
- echolocational English
- echolocative English
- echolocator English
- echomail English
- echometer English
- echopathy English
- echophony English
- echoplanar English
- echoscope English
- echostructural English
- echostructure English
- echotextural English
- echotexture English
- echotomogram English
- echotomographic English
- echotomography English
- encephalography English
- endoscope English
- endoscopic English
- endoscopy English
- hyperechogenic English
- hyperechoic English
- hypoecho English
- hypoechogenic English
- hypoechoic English
- isoecho English
- isoechoic English
- kinetic English
- locate English
- location English
- locator English
- mail English
- multiecho English
- nonechogenic English
- outecho English
- planar English
- pre-echo English
- reecho English
- semianechoic English
- structural English
- structure English
- textural English
- texture English
- tomogram English
- tomography English
- vibroecholocation English
- ekolalia Finnish
- ecco Latin
- echo Latin
- ēcho, echo Latin
- ēchō Latin
- eco Italian
- echo Dutch, Flemish
- λαλιά Ancient Greek
- ἠχώ Ancient Greek
- ekko Norwegian Bokmål
- エコー Japanese
- ekko Norwegian Nynorsk
- eccho Middle English
- ecco Middle English
- ηχώ Greek (modern)
- back
- echoic
- reecho
- echoer
- echoey
- locate
- planar
- isoecho
- echoism
- kinetic
- echoeth
- echoise
- echoest
- texture
- outecho
- locator
- echoize
- echoist
- echoback
- location
- hypoecho
- echoable
- textural
- echogram
- pre-echo
- anechoic
- echoless
- echomail
- tomogram
- multiecho
- echometer
- echograph
- isoechoic
- endoscopy
- structure
- echoscope
- echogenic
- echolalia
- echophony
- endoscope
- echolalic
- echopathy
- cardiology
- echoically
- hypoechoic
- endoscopic
- structural
- echography
- echolocate
- tomography
- echoplanar
- echographer
- echokinetic
- anechogenic
- echolocator
- hyperechoic
- echokinesis
- echotexture
- echographic
- echolessness
- echotomogram
- echogenicity
- echolocation
- nonechogenic
- anechoically
- cardiography
- echolocative
- echotextural
- semianechoic
- echoendoscope
- autoecholalia
- hypoechogenic
- echoendoscopy
- echostructure
- hyperechogenic
- echocardiology
- echotomography
- echoendoscopic
- echolocational
- echostructural
- encephalography
- echotomographic
- cardioechography
- echocardiography
- echocardiologist
- vibroecholocation
- echoendoscopically
- echocardiographical
- echoencephalography