echo

écho

Son entendu à nouveau après avoir rencontré une surface et être revenu.

En anglais simple : A sound you hear again after it hits a surface and comes back.

• I heard an echo in the cave.
• His shout produced several echoes.
• The echo of her voice faded away.

Comment l'utiliser : echo of something (We heard the echo of a gunshot.)

Expressions courantes : hear an echo, echo of something, faint echo

écho

Mot qui représente la lettre E quand on épelle à la radio.

En anglais simple : The word used to represent the letter E when spelling over a radio.

• The pilot said Echo for E.
• Spell the code as Echo, Bravo, Tango.
• The operator repeated Echo over the radio.

Expressions courantes : echo bravo, echo tango, letter echo

résonner, renvoyer

Renvoyer un son, ou se faire entendre à nouveau après avoir rencontré une surface.

En anglais simple : To send a sound back, or be heard again after sound hits a surface.

• Her voice echoed in the hall.
• The walls echoed his shout back.
• Footsteps echoed through the empty tunnel.

Comment l'utiliser : echo through something (Their laughter echoed through the house.); echo off something (The shout echoed off the cliff.)

Synonymes : reverberate, resound

Expressions courantes : echo through something, echo off something, echo back

reprendre, faire écho

Reprendre les paroles de quelqu’un ou exprimer la même opinion ou le même sentiment.

En anglais simple : To repeat someone’s words or express the same opinion or feeling.

• She echoed her brother’s concerns.
• His statement echoes the views of many teachers.
• Several speakers echoed that message.

Synonymes : repeat

Expressions courantes : echo someone’s words, echo someone’s views, echo a concern