English Explanatory Dictionary

echeme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of sound produced by insects that can be broken down into multiple physically more basic sound units (syllables).

Pronunciation

ĕk′ēm /ˈɛk.iːm/

Word forms

echeme echemes

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἤχημα (ḗkhēma, “a sound”), from ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “I make sound, I chirp”) + -μᾰ (-mă, forming nouns form verbal stems). Introduced by Broughton (1976).

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