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Echoes Pronunciation

Echoes is pronounced E-kohz, IPA /ˈɛkoʊz/.

E-kohz

US /ˈɛkoʊz/  ·  UK /ˈɛkəʊz/

Syllables: E · kohz (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

noun (plural) and verb: Sounds that bounce back from a surface, or the act of repeating something said before.

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Echoes in a Sentence

  • The echoes in the empty hall made it hard to hear the speaker.
  • Her argument echoes what the committee said last year.
  • We could hear echoes of the band from three streets away.

Common Mispronunciations of Echoes

Not e-CHOHZ

Echo and echoes both lead with a stressed E, and adding the plural ending does not move it anywhere.

Not E-choz

The ch is a k here, a leftover from the Greek spelling. Say it the way you say chorus and school, not the way you say church.

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