Elmo
Appearance
See also: elmo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar.
- By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛlmoʊ/
Proper noun
[edit]Elmo
- A male given name from Italian.
- 1996 Chay Yew, A Language of Their Own, Two Plays, Grove/Atlantic Inc.:
- MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington.
- 1996 Chay Yew, A Language of Their Own, Two Plays, Grove/Atlantic Inc.:
- A city in Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Texas.
- A town in Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
- (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) (derogatory or humorous) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
- Synonyms: Elno, Elongated Muskrat, Phony Stark, Space Karen
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Elmo.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]male given name
Anagrams
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Elmo
- a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Italian [Term?]. See English Elmo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Elmo
- a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Elmo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Elmo | Elmot | |
genitive | Elmon | Elmojen | |
partitive | Elmoa | Elmoja | |
illative | Elmoon | Elmoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Elmo | Elmot | |
accusative | nom. | Elmo | Elmot |
gen. | Elmon | ||
genitive | Elmon | Elmojen | |
partitive | Elmoa | Elmoja | |
inessive | Elmossa | Elmoissa | |
elative | Elmosta | Elmoista | |
illative | Elmoon | Elmoihin | |
adessive | Elmolla | Elmoilla | |
ablative | Elmolta | Elmoilta | |
allative | Elmolle | Elmoille | |
essive | Elmona | Elmoina | |
translative | Elmoksi | Elmoiksi | |
abessive | Elmotta | Elmoitta | |
instructive | — | Elmoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Elmo is the 273rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,710 male individuals (and as a middle name to 445 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Elmo
- a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo
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- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from German
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Italian
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Towns in Utah, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Utah, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- Hot words older than two years
- English derogatory terms
- English humorous terms
- English terms with quotations
- en:Elon Musk
- en:Individuals
- en:Nicknames of individuals
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elmo
- Rhymes:Finnish/elmo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German male given names