echo
/ˈɛk.oʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.04 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The babbling echo mocks the hounds."
- "To you I mourn; nor to the Deaf I ſing, / The Woods ſhall anſwer, and their Echo ring."
- "“Then what is your little trouble?” “My little trouble!” I felt that this sort of thing must be stopped at its source. It was only ten minutes to dressing-for-dinner time, and we could go on along these lines for hours. “Listen, old crumpet,” I said patiently. “Make up your mind whether you are my old friend Reginald Herring or an echo in the Swiss mountains. If you're simply going to repeat every word I say –”"
- "Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them."
- "Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them."
- "Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart."
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 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛk.oʊ/
- British English: /ˈɛk.əʊ/