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eco¹

  • /ˈiː.kəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈi.koʊ/ US
  • /ˈiː.koː/ India
  • /ˈɛkoʊ/ Philippines

Sounds like echo

Where it comes from

By clipping.

adjective more eco · most eco

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive. Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point […]
  2. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of economy (“affording economical use, e.g. of an appliance”). This vacuum cleaner has an eco setting which preserves battery life.

eco²

  • /ˈiː.kəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈi.koʊ/ US
  • /ˈiː.koː/ India
  • /ˈɛkoʊ/ Philippines

Sounds like echo

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

ECO³

noun ECOs

  1. US, abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of engine cutoff
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of eternally collapsing object, a type of black hole replacement, to avoid having gravitational singularities.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Energy Company Obligation

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: economic, organization, cee, design, responsive, compensation, reflection, response, eto, eoc, cbs, edl, oecd, cso, coa, echo

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"eco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

eco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eco

Chicago

"eco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eco.

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@misc{eco_2026,
  title = {eco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}