Elmo
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