echo
A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observerA reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
» We heard the echo of our voices from the other side of the valley.
Wir hörten das Echo unserer Stimmen von der anderen Seite des Tales.
Мы слышали эхо наших голосов с другой стороны долины.
Ми чули відлуння наших голосів з іншого краю долини.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
Echo, Widerhall
э́хоéxo, отголо́сокotgolósok, о́тзвукótzvuk
луна́luná, ві́дгукvídhuk, ві́дгомінvídhomin
(countable, uncountable)An utterance repeating what has just been said.
a reply that repeats what has just been said
(countable, uncountable)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, figuratively, uncountable)Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.
(countable, uncountable)The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
Tastaturecho, Bildschirmecho
э́хоéxo
(countable, uncountable)An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
(countable, uncountable)A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
(countable, uncountable)A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
(countable, uncountable)An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews.
Examples
124 sentencesWe heard the echo of our voices from the other side of the valley.
Ми чули відлуння наших голосів з іншого краю долини.
ruМы слышали эхо наших голосов с другой стороны долины.
deWir hörten das Echo unserer Stimmen von der anderen Seite des Tales.
The sound of a gunshot echoed across the canyon.
deDas Echo eines Schusses hallte durch die Schlucht.
Did you hear an echo?
ruТы слышал эхо?
Tom's voice echoed throughout the otherwise empty room.
Голос Тома відлунював у порожній кімнаті.
The room echoes with his voice.
ruКомната эхом отозвалась на его голос.
deDer Raum hallt von seiner Stimme wider.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, frFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: echoes / echosSynonyms
3 synonyms- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves:reverberationsound reflectionreplication
Word family
68 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable