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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Ecologically friendly; not damaging to the natural environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: green, environmentally friendly, environment-friendly, eco-friendly, ecological, ecologically friendly
Antonyms: eco-unfriendly
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- English friendly English eco-friendly From eco- + friendly.
