echo

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
2. (countable, uncountable) An utterance repeating what has just been said.
3. (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.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.
7. (countable, uncountable) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
8. (countable, uncountable) An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
9. (alt-of, countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
10. (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.
11. (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.
12. (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.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable) Clipping of echocardiography.
14. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable) Clipping of echocardiogram.

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
3. (transitive) To reflect back (a sound).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
5. (transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
6. (intransitive) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.

Concepts

écho

résonner

répéter

🔁

répercussion

réverbération

rappeler

son

🔉

retentir

💍

bruit

répercuter

sonorité

tinter

voix

carillonner

💍

echo

échos

faire écho

résonnement

réverbérer

se répercuter

seriner

répéter en écho

échocardiographie

vibrance

qualité vibrante

acoustique

perroqueter

🦜

faire

gronder

hurler

mimer

nouvelles

répéter comme un perroquet

résonance

respecter

sonner

🔉

Synonymes

resound

reverberate

reverberation

resonate

sound

🔉

ring

💍

repercussion

repeat

🔁

re-echo

sound reflection

replication

noise

response

reaction

rumble

mirror

🪞

roar

thunder

🌩️

respond

imitation

copy

reflect

resonance

reflection

imitate

answer

re echo

backwash

clang

reflected wave

ring out

backward wave

reply

mimic

recall

boom

💥

resounding

echo wave

comply with

hum

hubbub

clone

heard

give back

clink

reactive

feedback

reactionary

emulate

clatter

Traductions

Echo

eco

eco

eco

echo

eco

ηχώ

Widerhall

αντηχώ

resonar

widerhallen

echoën

ecoar

weerklank

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛkəʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English eccho, ecco, 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.