olmo

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /olˈmo/, [ʔɔlˈmɔ]
• Hyphenation: ol‧mo

Noun

olmó f 

1. enveloping, wrapping

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Galician

Olmo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ulmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolmo/ [ˈol.mʊ]
• Rhymes: -olmo
• Hyphenation: ol‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmos)

1. elm tree

   Synonyms: ulmeiro, umeiro, lamargueiro

Derived terms

• Olmo
• Olmos

Adjective

olmo (feminine olma, masculine plural olmos, feminine plural olmas)

1. (rare) soft

   Synonyms: dondo, mol

References

• “olmo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “olmo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “olmo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “olmo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “olmo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol.mo/
• Rhymes: -olmo
• Hyphenation: ól‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmi)

1. elm (Ulmus)
2. field elm (Ulmus minor)

   Synonyms: olmo campestre, olmo comune

3. wood from those trees

Derived terms

Derived terms

• olmaia
• olmaria
• olmeto
• olmo siberiano

Anagrams

• molo, molò

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese olmo, from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈow.mu/ [ˈoʊ̯.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈow.mu/ [ˈoʊ̯.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈow.mo/ [ˈoʊ̯.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈol.mu/ [ˈoɫ.mu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -olmu, (Brazil) -owmu
• Hyphenation: ol‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmos)

1. elm

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish olmo, from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolmo/ [ˈol.mo]
• Rhymes: -olmo
• Syllabification: ol‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmos)

1. elm

Derived terms

• olmo montano
• olmo siberiano
• pedir peras al olmo

 

Further reading

• “olmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014