reecho

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verb

To echo again; to reverberate.

OriginEnglish echo ← Middle English eccho ← Medieval Latin ēccō →
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Meanings

verbreecho (third-person singular simple present reechos, present participle reechoing, simple past and past participle reechoed)

present singular third person reechos · participle present reechoing · participle past reechoed · past reechoed · alternative re-echo · alternative reëcho

  1. To echo again; to reverberate.

    "That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are!" he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 93
nounreecho (plural reechos or reechoes)

plural reechos · plural reechoes · alternative re-echo · alternative reëcho

  1. A second or subsequent echo

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sound

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  8. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  9. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  10. Latinēchō
  11. Medieval Latinēccō
  12. Middle Englisheccho
  13. Englishecho
  14. Englishreecho

From re- + echo.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

coherechoreeechoercheero
Cite this entry
APA

reecho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reecho

MLA

“reecho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reecho. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reecho,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reecho.

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