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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ecologico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ecologico

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Eco-friendly/ˌiː.koʊˈfrend.li/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Cerchiamo prodotti ecologici per la casa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not harmful to the environment.

    "We are looking for eco-friendly cleaning products for the office."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a modern portmanteau combining 'eco-', derived from the Greek 'oikos' meaning house or environment, and 'friendly', originating from Old English 'freondlic'. Emerging in the late 20th century amid rising environmental consciousness, the compound describes products or practices designed to minimize ecological damage.

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