Dictionary Definition
echo
Noun
1 the persistence of a sound after its source has
stopped [syn: reverberation, sound
reflection, replication]
2 (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by
Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
3 a reply that repeats what has just been
said
Verb
1 to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the
cries of their leaders" [syn: repeat]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
- : The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
- The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Derived terms
- echoacousia
- echocardiogram, echocardiography
- echogenic, echogenicity
- echogram
- echolalia
- echopathy
- echophonocardiography, echophony
- echo-ranging
Translations
a reflected sound that is heard again by its
initial observer
- Arabic:
- trreq Armenian
- trreq Basque
- Catalan: eco
- Chinese: 回声 (huíshēng), 应声 (yìngshēng)
- Czech: ozvěna
- Danish: ekko
- Dutch: echo
- Esperanto: eĥo
- Finnish: kaiku
- French: écho
- Georgian: ექო (ek‘o), გამოძახილი (gamodzaxili)
- German: Echo, Widerhall
- Greek: ηχώ, αντήχηση, αντίλαλος
- Hebrew:
- Hungarian: visszhang
- Indonesian: gema
- Italian: eco
- Japanese: 反響 (はんきょう, hankyō), こだま (kodama), エコー (ekō)
- Korean: 메아리 (meari)
- Latin: imāgo vōcis
- Macedonian: ехо
- trreq Mongolian
- Norwegian: ekko
- trreq Old English
- trreq Persian
- Polish: echo
- Portuguese: eco
- Romanian: ecou
- Russian: эхо (éxo)
- Spanish: eco
- trreq Swahili
- Swedish: eko
- Telugu: ప్రతిధ్వని (pratidhvani)
- Thai: (gông)
- trreq Turkish
the displaying on the command line of the
command that has just been executed
- Finnish: näppäinten kaiutus
- German: Tastaturecho, Bildschirmecho
the letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet
- German: Echo int., Emil Ger.
- ttbc Hindi: गूंज (gū.nj), प्रतिध्वनि (pratidhvani)
- ttbc Korean: 메아리 (meari)
- ttbc Scottish Gaelic: mac-talla
Verb
- To repeat back what another has just said.
Translations
to repeat back what another has just said
- ttbc Marathi: प्रतिध्वनी (pratidhvanī) m
- ttbc Sanskrit: प्रतिध्वनिः (pratidhvanihi) m
Spanish
Verb
echo- First-person singular indicative of echar.
Extensive Definition
Echo most commonly refers to Echo
(phenomenon), a reflection (and/or repetition) of sound.
It may also refer to:
Computing
- Echo (command), a Unix, DOS and Microsoft Windows command to display a line of text
- Echo (framework), a web framework for Java programming
- ECHO protocol, an internet protocol
- echo refers to a ping request
- A command in programming languages to output one or more strings
- A discussion forum on FidoNet
Fiction and mythology
- Echo (mythology), a nymph
- Echo (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel universe
- Echo (comic book), a comic book title by Terry Moore, launched in 2008
- Echo (film), a 2003 short film directed by Tom Oesch
- ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern, a video game
- A race of aliens from the UK TV series Invasion Earth
Music
- "Echo" (Trapt song)
- Echo (producer), a reggaeton producer
- Echo (Dave Burrell album)
- Echo (Tom Petty album)
- ECHO (music award)
- The Echo (venue)
- Echo Records, a record label
- Echo & the Bunnymen, a band
Newspapers
- The Echo (Irish Newspaper), based in Dublin, Ireland
- The Byron Shire Echo, based in Byron Bay, Australia
- The Irish Echo, based in New York City
- The Liverpool Echo, based in Liverpool, England
- The Northern Echo, based in Darlington, England
- South Wales Echo, based in Cardiff, Wales
- Echo Weekly, based in Kitchener, Ontario
Places
Science and technology
- Echo class submarine, used by the Soviet Navy
- Echo satellite, one of the first communications satellites
- Echo sounding, a way to measure water depth
- Echocardiography, an imaging technique used to assess heart function
- Echovirus, short for "enteric cytopathic human orphan" virus
- Light echo, a visual phenomenon
- Signal reflection, a concept in telecommunications
Names of ships and boats
- Echo (steam tug on Puget Sound)
Other uses
- ECHO (European Commission), a department of the European Union
- Echo Outdoor Power Equipment, a landscaping and forestry tool manufacturer
- Echo of Moscow, a Russian radio station
- Echo Johnson, a model and actress
- Extended Care Health Option, a health coverage program
- 60 Echo, an asteroid
- Toyota Echo, a car
- Echo Mountain Park, a ski area in Colorado
- A letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet
echo in Czech: Echo
echo in Danish: Echo
echo in German: Echo (Begriffsklärung)
echo in Estonian: Kaja (täpsustus)
echo in Modern Greek (1453-): Ηχώ
echo in French: Écho
echo in Korean: 에코
echo in Italian: Echo
echo in Dutch: Echo
echo in Japanese: エコー (曖昧さ回避)
echo in Russian: Эхо (значения)
echo in Simple English: Echo
echo in Slovenian: Echo
echo in Swedish: Eko (olika betydelser)
echo in Chinese: Echo
echo in Slovak: Echo
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
CRT spot, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal,
IM display, RF echoes, accord, acknowledge, acknowledgment, act like,
action and reaction, adumbration, affect, agree, agree in opinion, agree
with, answer, answer
back, answering,
antiphon, antiphonal
chanting, antiphony,
ape, assume, automatic reaction,
autonomic reaction, back answer, back talk, backchat, be affected, be in
tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, be reflected, be sent
back, beam, beat signal,
blips, boom, booming, borrow, bounce back, bounceback, bounces, care about, caring, catch the flame, catch
the infection, change color, chime in with, choir, chord, chorus, claviature, close with,
coincide, color with
emotion, come again, come back, come back at, come up again,
comeback, concern, concur, conform to, conformist, console, copier, copy, copycat, copyist, counterfeit, counterfeiter, crib, cuckoo, dig, display, dissembler, dissimulator, ditto, do, do a repeat, do again, do like,
do over, double,
double-dot display, doubling, duplicate, duplication, echo back, echo
signal, echoer, echoist, eighty-eight, empathize
with, empathy, emulate, encore, evasive reply, facsimile, fake, faker, fall in with, fellow
feeling, fingerboard, flash back,
forge, forger, give acknowledgment, give
answer, go along with, go back, go like, go with, great, growl, growling, grumble, grumbling, hoke, hoke up, hypocrite, identification, identify
with, imitate, imitation, imitator, impersonator, impostor, involvement, iteration, ivories, keep coming, keyboard, keys, local oscillator signal, make
like, manual, meet, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mirror, mirror image, mocker, mockingbird, monkey, organ manual, outline, output signal, parrot, pathos, pedals, phony, piano keys, picture, pips, plagiarism, plagiarist, plagiarize, poll-parrot,
polly, polly-parrot,
poseur, predictable
response, quotation,
quote, radar signal,
react, reaction, reading, ready reply, reappear, reappearance, rebirth, reboation, rebound, receipt, recur, recurrence, redo, redouble, redoubling, reduplicate, reduplication, reecho, reflect, reflection, reflex, reflex action, refluence, reflux, regurgitate, regurgitation, reincarnate, reincarnation, reiteration, rejoin, rejoinder, relate to
emotionally, relating,
renew, renewal, reoccur, reoccurrence, repartee, repeat, repeat performance,
repercussion,
repetition, replica, replication, reply, repost, reproduce, reproduction, rescript, rescription, resound, resounding, respond, respondence, response, responsion, responsiveness, responsory, responsory
report, resume, resumption, retort, retroaction, return, return answer, return for
answer, return signal, reverberate, reverberation, revert, revive, revulsion, ring, riposte, rise, roll, rumble, rumbling, say, say again, say in reply, send
back, shadow, share, sharing, sheep, shoot back, short answer,
side with, signal, signal
display, silhouette,
simulate, simulation, simulator, snappy comeback,
solo, sound, spot, strike in with, swell, sympathetic chord,
sympathetic response, sympathize with, sympathy, talk back, target
image, thunder, thundering, trace, transmitter signal,
unthinking response, vibes, vibrations, video signal,
witty reply, witty retort, yes-and-no answer