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Is eco a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eco is a Scrabble US word. The word eco is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is eco a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eco is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

E1C3O1

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3-letter words (1 found)

ECO,

2-letter words (1 found)

OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 3 words from eco according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of eco

eco ceo eoc oec coe oce

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Definitions and meaning of eco

eco

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
    • (Philippine) IPA(key): /ˈɛkoʊ/
  • Homophone: echo (Philippines)

Etymology 1

By clipping.

Adjective

eco (comparative more eco, superlative most eco)

  1. Clipping of ecological. Environmentally friendly or sensitive.
  2. Clipping of economy. Affording economical use, e.g. of an appliance.
Derived terms
  • eco hotel
  • eco round

Etymology 2

From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.

Noun

eco (plural ecos)

  1. A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States.

Anagrams

  • CEO, COE, CoE, Coe, EOC, ceo

Amis

Noun

eco

  1. elephant

References

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[2] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈɛ.ku]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɛ.ko]

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

  1. echo

Creek

Pronunciation

  • (Oklahoma) IPA(key): [ɪd͡ʒóˑ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco

  1. deer

Derived terms

References

  • J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 21
  • J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 51

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -eco (“quality”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈet͡so]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -et͡so
  • Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco (accusative singular econ, plural ecoj, accusative plural ecojn)

  1. quality, attribute

See also

  • propreco

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦺꦕ (éco, éca, “delicious”), from Old Javanese ica, icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā, “wish, desire, inclination”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.t͡ʃo/, /ˈe.t͡ʃɔ/
  • Hyphenation: éco

Adjective

éco

  1. (colloquial, Central Java) delicious (pleasing to taste)
    Synonyms: enak, gurih, lezat, nikmat, raos, sedap

Further reading

  • “eco” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɛko
  • Hyphenation: è‧co

Noun

eco f (plural echi)

  1. echo
  2. echoing sound
  3. (nautical) sounding (of the depth)

Noun

eco f (invariable)

  1. (medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).

Javanese

Romanization

eco

  1. (Indonesia) Nonstandard spelling of éca, Romanization of ꦲꦺꦕ

Latin

Etymology

In Old Latin spelling, C could represent either the voiceless velar plosive /k/ or its voiced counterpart /g/.

Pronoun

eco

  1. Early Latin spelling of ego
    • c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.

Alternative forms

  • echo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛku
  • Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

  1. echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
    Synonyms: repercussão, ressonância, ressono, ressoo
Related terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧co

Noun

eco f (plural ecos)

  1. Clipping of ecografia (“echography”).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeko/ [ˈe.ko]
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Syllabification: e‧co

Noun

eco m (plural ecos)

  1. echo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “eco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Etymology 1

Compare Italian eco

Noun

eco m (plural echi)

  1. echo

Etymology 2

Compare Italian ecco

Adverb

eco

  1. here
Derived terms
  • ècome, ècone, ècote, ècove, ècoło, ècheło, ècoła, ècheła, ècołi, èchełi, ècołe, èchełe (adverbial pronouns)

Source: wiktionary.org