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écho

echo

noun eh-KOH Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

resonance

Usage Note

Écho is used both literally (a reflected sound) and figuratively, as in trouver un écho (to find a response or resonance) in someone's words. The Greek myth of the nymph Echo gives the word its name. In journalism, a short news brief is sometimes called an écho, reflecting its older sense of a reverberated piece of news.

Examples

"Son cri se perdit en écho dans la montagne."

Natural Translation

His cry was lost as an echo in the mountain.

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