Elmo

Elmo

See also: elmo

English

Etymology

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlmoʊ/

Proper noun

Elmo

1. 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.

2. A city in Missouri.
3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Texas.
4. A town in Utah.
5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• St. Elmo's fire

Translations

male given name

Arabic: إِلْمُو‎ (ʾilmū), أَلْمُو‎ (ʾalmū) Chinese: Mandarin: 埃爾莫 (Āi'ěrmò), 埃爾摩 (Āi'ěrmó) Finnish: Elmo (fi) Japanese: エルモ (Erumo) Korean: 엘모 (Elmo) Russian: Элмо (Elmo)

Anagrams

• Lomé, Melo, Mole, melo-, moel, mole, molé

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Estonian

Proper noun

Elmo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelmo/, [ˈe̞lmo̞]
• Rhymes: -elmo
• Syllabification^(key): El‧mo

Proper noun

Elmo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

Declension

Inflection of Elmo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	Elmoin
abessive		Elmotta	Elmoitta
comitative		—	Elmoineen

Possessive forms of Elmo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Elmoni	Elmomme
2nd person	Elmosi	Elmonne
3rd person	Elmonsa

Anagrams

• melo

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German

Proper noun

Elmo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo