Plural of echo

Forms of echo

Echoes and echos in a sentence

• Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7
• With the room so bare, Ivret’s voice sounded different, trebly echoes ringing off her sibilants.2024, Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley, Atlantic Books (2025), page 162. From the entry trebly
• The film echoes a central question from all the Wick films, though: is he a natural-born murderer?2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC. From the entry pointedly
• Echoes her colleague Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): “The problem is not inflation.2022 June 14, Catherine Rampell, “Greed is dead. Long live greed!”, in Washington Post (subscription required). From the entry greedflation
• The cronching echoes in the thick air, which swallows all other sound.2021 July 6, Carrot Quinn, The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry cronch

Meaning of echo

1. noun A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
2. noun An utterance repeating what has just been said.
3. noun A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.

Full definition of echo

More about echo

• Meaning of echo
• Echo in a sentence
• Past tense of echo
• Echo in Hindi
• Echo in Tamil
• Echo in Urdu
• Echo in Bengali

Questions about the plural of echo

What is the plural of echo?

The plural of echo is echoes or echos.

Which is correct, echoes or echos?

Both are used. echoes is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is echo countable?

Echo is a countable and uncountable noun.