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re-echo

re-echo

7.9
A sound that comes back after the first sound
  • noun
  • /ˌriˈɛkoʊ/
translation icon : reverberación
  • The cave was so deep that every shout produced a persistent re-echo.

Examples

  • The re-echo of the footsteps made the hall seem endless.

  • The sound created a re-echo in the valley.

  • A faint re-echo drifted back across the valley as the thunder faded.

  • Did you hear the re-echo of the thunder?

  • A faint re-echo drifted back across the valley as the thunder faded.

  • The re-echo of the footsteps made the hall seem endless.

  • The cave was so deep that every shout produced a persistent re-echo.

Synonyms

repetition
vsre-echo
44 2.0

Doing or saying something again

is a specific secondary sound that follows an earlier echo
reiteration
vsre-echo
3 4.9

An action of saying or doing the same thing again to make it clear and show its importance

is a secondary sound that repeats after a prior echo not a deliberate restatement
repeating
vsre-echo
1 1.8

Doing something again to practice or make it clear

is a specific repeated sound produced after an earlier echo

Surface Forms

re-echo singular
re-echoes plural

Morphology

re-echo = echo (transparent) = re + echo

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of 'echo' formed with the productive prefix 're-'.

Etymology

The word re-echo starts with the part re- meaning 'again' and ends with echo, a common word for a 'sound that comes back'. So a re-echo is simply a second or repeated echo, an echo that follows another echo.