Standard Lemma guide
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
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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noun
The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Initialism of engine control unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Initialism of electronic control unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Initialism of emission(s) control unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Initialism of European Currency Unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Initialism of extreme close-up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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noun
Initialism of eternal care unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
From the initial letters of European currency unit; simultaneously an allusion to the historical currency écu.
Across languages
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