echolocation

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• US: /ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 K OW0 L OW0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944, from echo- + location.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: ecolocalització — use of echos to detect objects
• Chinese Mandarin: 回聲定位 /回声定位 (huíshēng dìngwèi) — use of echos to detect objects
• Czech: echolokace — use of echos to detect objects
• Finnish: kaikuluotaus — use of echos to detect objects
• French: écholocation — use of echos to detect objects
• French: écholocalisation — use of echos to detect objects
• German: Echoortung — use of echos to detect objects
• Indonesian: ekolokasi — use of echos to detect objects
• Japanese: 反響定位 (hankyō teii) — use of echos to detect objects
• Japanese: 音波探知 (onpatanpa) — use of echos to detect objects
• Polish: echolokacja — use of echos to detect objects
• Portuguese: ecolocalização — use of echos to detect objects
• Romanian: ecolocație — use of echos to detect objects
• Russian: эхолока́ция (exolokácija) — use of echos to detect objects
• Spanish: ecolocalización — use of echos to detect objects