echolalia
English
/ˌɛkə(ʊ)ˈleɪlɪə/, /ˌɛkoʊˈleɪliə/
noun
Definitions
- (clinical psychology) The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another.
- An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
- Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
Etymology
Suffix from English echo derived from Latin ēchō derived from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (echo, reflected sound), λαλιά (talk, chat).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λαλιά
Gloss
talk, chat
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lalia English
- anechoic English
- autoecholalia English
- echo English
- echoable English
- echoback English
- echocardiography English
- echocardiology English
- echoencephalography English
- echoendoscope English
- echoendoscopic English
- echoendoscopy English
- echoer English
- echoest English
- echoeth English
- echoey English
- echogenic English
- echogram English
- echograph English
- echography English
- echoic English
- echoise English
- echoism English
- echoist English
- echoize English
- echokinesis English
- echokinetic English
- echolalic English
- echoless English
- echolocate English
- echolocation English
- echolocator English
- echomail English
- echometer English
- echopathy English
- echophony English
- echoplanar English
- echoscope English
- echostructural English
- echostructure English
- echotextural English
- echotexture English
- echotomogram English
- echotomography English
- hypoecho English
- isoecho English
- multiecho English
- outecho English
- pre-echo English
- reecho English
- ekolalia Finnish
- echo Latin
- ēcho, echo Latin
- ēchō Latin
- dislalia Italian
- echolalie Dutch, Flemish
- λαλιά Ancient Greek
- λᾰ́λος Ancient Greek
- ἠχώ Ancient Greek
- ekko Norwegian Bokmål
- dislalia Portuguese
- エコー Japanese
- ekko Norwegian Nynorsk
- eccho Middle English
- ηχώ Greek (modern)
- λαλιά Greek (modern)
- echo
- echoey
- -lalia
- echoic
- reecho
- echoer
- isoecho
- echoism
- echoeth
- outecho
- echoise
- echoize
- echoist
- echoest
- echogram
- pre-echo
- anechoic
- echoless
- echoback
- echomail
- hypoecho
- echoable
- multiecho
- echometer
- echograph
- echophony
- echolalic
- echoscope
- echogenic
- echopathy
- echography
- echolocate
- echoplanar
- echolocator
- echokinetic
- echokinesis
- echotexture
- echotomogram
- echolocation
- echotextural
- echoendoscopy
- echoendoscope
- autoecholalia
- echostructure
- echocardiology
- echostructural
- echotomography
- echoendoscopic
- echocardiography
- echoencephalography