🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

메아리

Pronunciation / Transliteration: meari

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Echoing/ˈɛk.oʊ.ɪŋ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 목소리가 계곡에서 메아리쳤다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To repeat or reverberate a sound.

    "The sound of her laughter echoed through the empty hall."
As noun
  1. 1

    A sound that is reflected off a surface and heard again.

    "The echoing of the thunder made the storm feel even more intense."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'echoing' originates from the Greek word 'ēkhō', meaning 'sound' or 'voice', which evolved through Latin 'echo' and Middle English before taking its modern form. The concept of echoing has historically been associated with sound reflection in nature, particularly in mountainous or cavernous areas.

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