echo
gb/ˈɛkoʊ/ us/ˈɛkoʊ/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 3800
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
A2
entity
1
sound heard after reflection
A sound you hear again because it bounces back from a wall, mountain, or other hard surface.
Muundo wa matumizi:
an echo of [a sound/noise]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'echo' with 'repeat', but 'echo' refers specifically to a sound reflecting back, not just saying something again.
Visawe
reverberation (A more technical term often used in acoustics and audio engineering.)
Vinyume
silence (The complete absence of sound; opposite of having an audible reflection.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
faint echo
|loud echo
|hear an echo
|voice echo
|distant echo
Mada
nature
|science
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- Her voice produced an echo in the empty hall.
- We heard the echo of our footsteps in the cave.
- The canyon walls created a long, rolling echo.
- He shouted and waited for the echo to return.
- The microphone picked up an echo during the recording.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I heard an echo when I shouted.
- The cave made a big echo.
- We heard an echo in the tunnel.
- She shouted and an echo came back.
- The hall gave an echo of his voice.
Kitenzi
B1
action
2
to make a reflected sound
To make a sound that comes back to you, or to say something that someone else has just said.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[something] echoes [in/through place]
Kosa la kawaida:
Some learners overuse 'echo' for any repeated event; it should be used for sound or very close figurative repetition.
Visawe
resound (Emphasizes a loud, prolonged sound filling a space.)
Vinyume
muffle (To make a sound quieter so it cannot echo.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
echo through the hall
|words echoed
|gunshots echoed
|echo around
Mada
nature
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- Gunfire echoed through the valley.
- Her laughter echoed in the empty room.
- The teacher's words echoed in his mind long after class.
- The canyon echoed with the roar of water.
- His shout echoed across the lake.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The gunshot echoed in the street.
- His voice echoed in the cave.
- The hall echoed with music.
- Her laugh echoed in the room.
- The canyon echoed with their voices.
Nomino
B2
entity
3
something similar to a past thing
Something that looks or feels like something from before.
Muundo wa matumizi:
an echo of [something]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may think 'echo' here means literal sound; it is figurative, meaning similarity or reminder.
Visawe
reminder (Focuses on bringing something to mind rather than similarity in form or event.)
Vinyume
original (Something entirely new, without similarity to past things.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
an echo of history
|faint echoes of the past
|political echoes
Mada
history
|art
|literature
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- The design has echoes of ancient Greek architecture.
- His speech contained echoes of his earlier campaign promises.
- The painting is an echo of her previous work.
- There were echoes of old conflicts in their argument.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- This song has echoes of old music.
- The building shows echoes of Roman style.
- Her story is an echo of my own life.
- The movie has echoes of real events.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
echo
IPA
GB/ˈɛkoʊ/
US/ˈɛkoʊ/
Silabi na mkazo
echo (silabi 1)
Stress on 1st syllable (echo)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: echo
- Plural: echo, echoes, echos
Verb
- Base: echo
- 3rd Person Singular: echoes
- Present Participle: echoing
- Past: echoed
- Past Participle: echoed
Familia ya neno
Forms
echoes
noun
echos
noun
echoing
verb
echoed
verb
Related words
echoey
adjective
Advanced or less common
echolocation
noun C1
echolocate
verb C1
Semi
echo back
1/ˈɛkoʊ bˈæk/
phrasal verb
repeat what was just heard
To say or make a sound that is the same as one you just heard.
Mifano
- The mountains echoed back our shouts.
- She echoed back his words to make sure she understood them.
echo chamber
1/ˈɛkoʊ t͡ʃˈeɪmbɚ/
fixed phrase
place where only similar views are heard
A situation where you only hear ideas that are the same as yours, so your opinion never changes.
Mifano
- Social media can become an echo chamber where opposing views are never seen.
- Living in an echo chamber makes it hard to understand other perspectives.
with echoes of
1/wˈɪθ ˈɛkoʊz əv/
fixed phrase
having similarities to something else
Having parts that are like something from before.
Mifano
- The movie was with echoes of old noir films.
- His speech was with echoes of past leaders.