adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to an echo
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
echoic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪˈkəʊɪk/
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/ɛˈkəʊɪk/
adj
Meaning 2
resembling a sound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
resembling a sound
imitative of a sound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
resembling a sound
imitative of a sound
Synonym of onomatopoeic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: onomatopoeic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound- Harry Hoijer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises
- it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
Antonyms: nonechoic
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
like or characteristic of an echo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: echolike
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English echoic From echo + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: eĥa — Of or pertaining to an echo
- Finnish: kaiku- — Of or pertaining to an echo
- Tausug: maulangig — Of or pertaining to an echo