echo

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• /ˈɛkoʊ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.əʊ/
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• General-American, Philippines: /ˈɛk.oʊ/
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• homophone: eco (Philippines)
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From Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ, “sound”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh2gh-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākhā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor. Latin ēchō Medieval Latin ēccōbor. Middle English eccho English echo From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.

234 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: Echo — mythology
• French: Écho — mythology
• German: Echo — mythology
• Greek: Ηχώ (Ichó) — mythology
• Ancient Greek: Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ) — mythology
• Greenlandic: Echo — mythology
• Inuktitut: ᐄᑯ (iiko) — mythology
• Italian: Eco — mythology
• Japanese: エーコー (Ēkō) — mythology
• Korean: 에코 (Eko) — mythology
• Polish: Echo — mythology
• Portuguese: Eco — mythology
• Russian: Эхо́ (Exó) — mythology
• Russian: Э́хо (Éxo) — mythology
• Ukrainian: Е́хо (Éxo) — mythology
• Chinese Mandarin: 司音星 (Sīyīnxīng) — Asteroid
• Afrikaans: eggo — reflected sound
• Albanian: jehonë — reflected sound
• Arabic: صَدًى (ṣadan) — reflected sound
• Armenian: արձագանք (arjagankʻ) — reflected sound
• Asturian: ecu — reflected sound
• Azerbaijani: əks-səda — reflected sound
• Basque: oihartzun — reflected sound
• Belarusian: рэ́ха (réxa) — reflected sound
• Belarusian: во́дгалас (vódhalas) — reflected sound
• Belarusian: во́дгук (vódhuk) — reflected sound
• Belarusian: во́дгулле (vódhullje) — reflected sound
• Belarusian: во́дгульле (vódhulʹlje) — reflected sound
• Belarusian: адгало́с (adhalós) — reflected sound
• Belarusian: адгало́ссе (adhalóssje) — reflected sound
• Belarusian: адгало́сьсе (adhalósʹsje) — reflected sound
• Bengali: প্রতিধ্বনি (protiddhoni) — reflected sound
• Bulgarian: е́хо (ého) — reflected sound
• Bulgarian: о́тзвук (ótzvuk) — reflected sound
• Burmese: ပဲ့တင်သံ (pai.tangsam) — reflected sound
• Catalan: eco — reflected sound
• Cherokee: ᏚᎷᎭᎬ (duluhagv) — reflected sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 回聲 /回声 (huíshēng) — reflected sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 應聲 /应声 (yìngshēng) — reflected sound
• Chuvash: ахрӑм (ahrăm) — reflected sound
• Cornish: dasson — reflected sound
• Cornish: daslev — reflected sound
• Czech: ozvěna — reflected sound
• Danish: ekko — reflected sound
• Dutch: echo — reflected sound
• Dutch: naklank — reflected sound
• Esperanto: eĥo — reflected sound
• Estonian: kaja — reflected sound
• Faroese: afturljóð — reflected sound
• Finnish: kaiku — reflected sound
• French: écho — reflected sound
• Galician: eco — reflected sound
• Galician: resón — reflected sound
• Georgian: ექო (eko) — reflected sound
• Georgian: გამოძახილი (gamoʒaxili) — reflected sound
• German: Echo — reflected sound
• German: Widerhall — reflected sound
• Greek: ηχώ (ichó) — reflected sound
• Mbya Guarani: 'ãgue — reflected sound
• Gujarati: પડઘો (paḍgho) — reflected sound
• Hebrew: הֵד (hed) — reflected sound
• Hebrew: בַּת־קוֹל (bat-kol) — reflected sound
• Hindi: गूँज (gūñj) — reflected sound
• Hindi: गूंज (gūñj) — reflected sound
• Hindi: प्रतिध्वनि (pratidhvani) — reflected sound
• Hindi: प्रतिशब्द (pratiśabd) — reflected sound
• Hindi: अनुनाद (anunād) — reflected sound
• Hungarian: visszhang — reflected sound
• Iban: auh — reflected sound
• Icelandic: bergmál — reflected sound
• Icelandic: endurómur — reflected sound
• Ido: eko — reflected sound
• Indonesian: gema — reflected sound
• Irish: macalla — reflected sound
• Irish: allabhair — reflected sound
• Italian: eco — reflected sound
• Japanese: 反響 (hankyō) — reflected sound
• Japanese: こだま (kodama) — reflected sound
• Japanese: エコー (ekō) — reflected sound
• Japanese: やまびこ (yamabiko) — reflected sound
• Kalmyk: дүүрән (düürän) — reflected sound
• Kannada: ಸೆಲೆ (sele) — reflected sound
• Kannada: ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿ (pratidhvani) — reflected sound
• Kazakh: жаңғырық (jañğyryq) — reflected sound
• Khakas: янъ (yanʺ) — reflected sound
• Khmer: ប្រតិនិន្នាទ (prɑteninniət) — reflected sound
• Khmer: សូរខ្ទ័រ (sou khtɔə) — reflected sound
• Korean: 메아리 (meari) — reflected sound
• Korean: 에코 (eko) — reflected sound
• Korean: 산울림 (sanullim) — reflected sound
• Korean: 산명 (sanmyeong) — reflected sound
• Central Kurdish: زایەڵە (zayelle) — reflected sound
• Northern Kurdish: dengvedan — reflected sound
• Northern Kurdish: olan — reflected sound
• Northern Kurdish: vedeng — reflected sound
• Kyrgyz: жаңырык (jaŋırık) — reflected sound
• Lao: ກັງວານ (kang wān) — reflected sound
• Lao: ໂຄດ (khōt) — reflected sound
• Lao: ສຽງກູ່ (sīang kū) — reflected sound
• Lao: ສຽງກ້ອງ (sīang kǭng) — reflected sound
• Latin: imāgo vōcis — reflected sound
• Latvian: atbalss — reflected sound
• Lithuanian: aidas — reflected sound
• Low German: Eko — reflected sound
• Low German: Wedderhall — reflected sound
• Lun Bawang: linguh — reflected sound
• Lun Bawang: lituh — reflected sound
• Macedonian: одек (odek) — reflected sound
• Macedonian: ехо (eho) — reflected sound
• Malay: gema — reflected sound
• Malay: talun — reflected sound
• Malay: gaung — reflected sound
• Malay: guk — reflected sound
• Malay: tala — reflected sound
• Malayalam: പ്രതിധ്വനി (pratidhvani) — reflected sound
• Maranao: olaleng — reflected sound
• Central Melanau: ngeah — reflected sound
• Middle English: eccho — reflected sound
• Mongolian: цуурай (cuuraj) — reflected sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekko — reflected sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: etterklang — reflected sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjenlyd — reflected sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ekko — reflected sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etterklang — reflected sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: atterklang — reflected sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: atterljom — reflected sound
• Old English: windumær — reflected sound
• Pashto: پژواک (pažwãk) — reflected sound
• Pashto: طنين (tanín) — reflected sound
• Pashto: هنګامه (hangāmá) — reflected sound
• Pashto: انګروزه (angróza) — reflected sound
• Pashto: انګه (ánga) — reflected sound
• Pashto: تلانګه (talãnga) — reflected sound
• Pashto: زونګه (zungá) — reflected sound
• Pashto: زوږتلانګه (zwaẓtalãnga) — reflected sound
• Iranian Persian: پِژْواک (pežvâk) — reflected sound
• Polish: echo — reflected sound
• Polish: pogłos — reflected sound
• Portuguese: eco — reflected sound
• Romanian: ecou — reflected sound
• Russian: э́хо (éxo) — reflected sound
• Russian: отголо́сок (otgolósok) — reflected sound
• Russian: о́тзвук (ótzvuk) — reflected sound
• Sanskrit: प्रतिध्वनि (pratidhvani) — reflected sound
• Sanskrit: प्रतिध्वनिः (pratidhvaniḥ) — reflected sound
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgal — reflected sound
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-talla — reflected sound
• Serbo-Croatian: је̏ка — reflected sound
• Serbo-Croatian: jȅka — reflected sound
• Slovak: ozvena — reflected sound
• Slovene: odmev — reflected sound
• Slovene: eho — reflected sound
• Spanish: eco — reflected sound
• Swahili: mwangwi — reflected sound
• Swedish: eko — reflected sound
• Swedish: genljud — reflected sound
• Tagalog: umalingawngaw — reflected sound
• Tajik: пажвок (pažvok) — reflected sound
• Tamil: எதிரொலி (etiroli) — reflected sound
• Tatar: кайтаваз (qaytawaz) — reflected sound
• Tausug: ulangig — reflected sound
• Telugu: ప్రతిధ్వని (pratidhvani) — reflected sound
• Thai: เสียงสะท้อน (sǐiang-sà-tɔ́ɔn) — reflected sound
• Turkish: yankı — reflected sound
• Turkmen: ýaň — reflected sound
• Tuvaluan: sikuleo — reflected sound
• Ukrainian: луна́ (luná) — reflected sound
• Ukrainian: ві́дгук (vídhuk) — reflected sound
• Ukrainian: ві́дгомін (vídhomin) — reflected sound
• Ukrainian: відлу́ння (vidlúnnja) — reflected sound
• Urdu: گُون٘ج (gūñj) — reflected sound
• Urdu: بازْگَشْت (bāzgaśt) — reflected sound
• Uyghur: ئەكس سادا (eks sada) — reflected sound
• Uyghur: سادا (sada) — reflected sound
• Uzbek: aks sado — reflected sound
• Uzbek: exo — reflected sound
• Uzbek: aks — reflected sound
• Uzbek: sado — reflected sound
• Vietnamese: tiếng dội — reflected sound
• Vietnamese: tiếng vang — reflected sound
• Volapük: leog — reflected sound
• Welsh: atsain — reflected sound
• Welsh: adlais — reflected sound
• Welsh: adlef — reflected sound
• Abkhaz: аныҩ (anəjw) — displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
• Finnish: kaiutus — displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
• German: Tastaturecho — displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
• German: Bildschirmecho — displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
• Russian: э́хо (éxo) — displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-aithris — displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
• Afrikaans: eggo — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Bulgarian: отеквам (otekvam) — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Bulgarian: ехтя (ehtja) — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Cornish: dasseni — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Esperanto: eĥi — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Estonian: kajama — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Finnish: kaikua — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Hindi: गूँजना (gūñjnā) — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Ido: ekigar — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Kannada: ಸೆಲೆ (sele) — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Macedonian: одекнува (odeknuva) — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjenlyde — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Norwegian Bokmål: gi ekko — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaste ekko — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Old English: oncweþan — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Portuguese: ecoar — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Swedish: eka — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Welsh: atseinio — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Welsh: adleisio — to reflect off of a surface and return
• Cornish: dasseni — to repeat back what another has just said
• Dutch: echoën — to repeat back what another has just said
• Dutch: terugzeggen — to repeat back what another has just said
• Dutch: herhalen — to repeat back what another has just said
• Dutch: napraten — to repeat back what another has just said
• Dutch: nadoen — to repeat back what another has just said
• Finnish: toistaa — to repeat back what another has just said
• German: widerhallen — to repeat back what another has just said
• German: wiederholen — to repeat back what another has just said
• German: zurückwerfen — to repeat back what another has just said
• German: hallen — to repeat back what another has just said
• Greek: ηχώ (ichó) — to repeat back what another has just said
• Greek: αντηχώ (antichó) — to repeat back what another has just said
• Greek: αντιλαλώ (antilaló) — to repeat back what another has just said
• Ido: ekigar — to repeat back what another has just said
• Japanese: 響く (hibiku) — to repeat back what another has just said
• Kazakh: үндесу (ündesu) — to repeat back what another has just said
• Kazakh: үндестігі болу (ündestıgı bolu) — to repeat back what another has just said
• Portuguese: ecoar — to repeat back what another has just said
• Romanian: răsuna — to repeat back what another has just said
• Spanish: repercutir — to repeat back what another has just said
• Spanish: repetir — to repeat back what another has just said
• Spanish: hacer eco — to repeat back what another has just said
• Welsh: atseinio — to repeat back what another has just said
• Welsh: adleisio — to repeat back what another has just said