Elmo

See also: elmo

English

Etymology

From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar.

Pronunciation

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 unincorporated community in Texas.
  4. A town in Utah.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
  6. (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
    • 2022 December 12, marie_cast (@marie_cast@toad.social), Mastodon‎:
      Twitter was far from perfect before Elmo happened to it but it’s a total shitshow now!
    • 2023 February 8, Jim Stewartson (@jimstewartson@toad.social), Mastodon‎:
      It is certainly conceivable that Elmo’s ragtag of leftover desperate engineers put out a feature without properly testing it. 😂
    • 2023 March 19, Alice (@alicek@mas.to), Mastodon‎:
      Incredible how low Twitter has sunk since Elmo fired the grownups.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Elmo.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Elmo

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Elmo (type valo)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elmoni Elmoni
accusative nom. Elmoni Elmoni
gen. Elmoni
genitive Elmoni Elmojeni
partitive Elmoani Elmojani
inessive Elmossani Elmoissani
elative Elmostani Elmoistani
illative Elmooni Elmoihini
adessive Elmollani Elmoillani
ablative Elmoltani Elmoiltani
allative Elmolleni Elmoilleni
essive Elmonani Elmoinani
translative Elmokseni Elmoikseni
instructive — —
abessive Elmottani Elmoittani
comitative — Elmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elmosi Elmosi
accusative nom. Elmosi Elmosi
gen. Elmosi
genitive Elmosi Elmojesi
partitive Elmoasi Elmojasi
inessive Elmossasi Elmoissasi
elative Elmostasi Elmoistasi
illative Elmoosi Elmoihisi
adessive Elmollasi Elmoillasi
ablative Elmoltasi Elmoiltasi
allative Elmollesi Elmoillesi
essive Elmonasi Elmoinasi
translative Elmoksesi Elmoiksesi
instructive — —
abessive Elmottasi Elmoittasi
comitative — Elmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elmomme Elmomme
accusative nom. Elmomme Elmomme
gen. Elmomme
genitive Elmomme Elmojemme
partitive Elmoamme Elmojamme
inessive Elmossamme Elmoissamme
elative Elmostamme Elmoistamme
illative Elmoomme Elmoihimme
adessive Elmollamme Elmoillamme
ablative Elmoltamme Elmoiltamme
allative Elmollemme Elmoillemme
essive Elmonamme Elmoinamme
translative Elmoksemme Elmoiksemme
instructive — —
abessive Elmottamme Elmoittamme
comitative — Elmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elmonne Elmonne
accusative nom. Elmonne Elmonne
gen. Elmonne
genitive Elmonne Elmojenne
partitive Elmoanne Elmojanne
inessive Elmossanne Elmoissanne
elative Elmostanne Elmoistanne
illative Elmoonne Elmoihinne
adessive Elmollanne Elmoillanne
ablative Elmoltanne Elmoiltanne
allative Elmollenne Elmoillenne
essive Elmonanne Elmoinanne
translative Elmoksenne Elmoiksenne
instructive — —
abessive Elmottanne Elmoittanne
comitative — Elmoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Elmonsa Elmonsa
accusative nom. Elmonsa Elmonsa
gen. Elmonsa
genitive Elmonsa Elmojensa
partitive Elmoaan
Elmoansa		 Elmojaan
Elmojansa
inessive Elmossaan
Elmossansa		 Elmoissaan
Elmoissansa
elative Elmostaan
Elmostansa		 Elmoistaan
Elmoistansa
illative Elmoonsa Elmoihinsa
adessive Elmollaan
Elmollansa		 Elmoillaan
Elmoillansa
ablative Elmoltaan
Elmoltansa		 Elmoiltaan
Elmoiltansa
allative Elmolleen
Elmollensa		 Elmoilleen
Elmoillensa
essive Elmonaan
Elmonansa		 Elmoinaan
Elmoinansa
translative Elmokseen
Elmoksensa		 Elmoikseen
Elmoiksensa
instructive — —
abessive Elmottaan
Elmottansa		 Elmoittaan
Elmoittansa
comitative — Elmoineen
Elmoinensa

Anagrams

German

Proper noun

Elmo

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo
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