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echoi

echoi noun: one of a set of eight modes, octoechoi, of music in Byzantine music. It selects the chant style or genre.

Noun

echoi (plural echois)

  1. One of a set of eight modes, octoechoi, of music in Byzantine music. It selects the chant style or genre.

Forms of echoi

pluralechois
alternative formechos

Origin of echoi

From Ancient Greek ἦχοι (êkhoi, “sounds”), plural of ἦχος (êkhos).

Questions about echoi

What does echoi mean?
Echoi means one of a set of eight modes, octoechoi, of music in Byzantine music. It selects the chant style or genre.
What part of speech is echoi?
Echoi is a noun.
What is the plural of echoi?
The plural of echoi is echois.

Words near echoi in the dictionary

  1. echographic
  2. echographically
  3. echographs
  4. echography
  5. echohysterosalpingography
  6. echoi
  7. echoic
  8. echoic memories
  9. echoic memory
  10. echoically
  11. echoicity

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