Écho (en. Echo)

/e.ko/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

Acoustic phenomenon by which a sound is reflected and heard again.

The echo of the youths' cries in the valley was striking.

L'écho des cris des jeunes dans la vallée était saisissant.

Reaction or response to a fact, an event.

This decision had a favorable echo in the population.

Cette décision a eu un écho favorable dans la population.

Mention or claim made by circumstances.

His speech found a positive echo among the activists.

Son discours a trouvé un écho positif parmi les militants.

From the Latin 'echo', derived from the Greek 'ēkhō' meaning 'resonance'.

to resonate with

to respond or correspond to something.

faire écho à

the echo of a memory

a memory that comes to mind.

l'écho d'un souvenir

to awaken an echo

to bring back emotions or memories.

réveiller un écho

resonance

Phenomenon where a produced sound makes another sound heard.

résonance

reflection

Image reflected by a reflective surface.

reflet

repetition

Action of repeating something.

répétition

To have a particular resonance within a group.

This topic resonates with young people.

Ce sujet fait écho chez les jeunes.

To come back in style or be brought up to date.

This fashion style echoes among fashionistas.

Ce style vestimentaire fait un écho chez les fashionistas.