English Explanatory Dictionary

ecu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.
noun
  1. Initialism of engine control unit.
  2. Initialism of electronic control unit.
  3. Initialism of emission(s) control unit.
  4. Initialism of European Currency Unit.
  5. Initialism of extreme close-up.

Word forms

ecu ecus

Etymology

From the initial letters of European currency unit; simultaneously an allusion to the historical currency écu.

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