elmo

See also: Elmo

English

Phrase

elmo

1. (Corporate slang) Initialism of enough, let's move on.

Anagrams

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

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elˈmo/ [ʔɛlˈmɔ]
• Hyphenation: el‧mo

Noun

elmó f

1. strength

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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱelmos?

Proto-Germanic *helmaz

Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms)

Old Galician-Portuguese elmo

Galician elmo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese elmo (“helm”), from Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.mʊ/

Noun

elmo m (plural elmos)

1. helm, helmet

   Synonyms: chapel, capal, almafre

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “elmo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a West Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.mo/, /ˈɛl.mo/
• Rhymes: -elmo, -ɛlmo
• Hyphenation: él‧mo, èl‧mo

Noun

elmo m (plural elmi)

1. helmet
2. (heraldry) helmet

Derived terms

• elmetto

Descendants

• → Maltese: elmu

Anagrams

• Molè, melo, mole, mélo

Portuguese

elmo

Alternative forms

• helmo (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱelmos?

Proto-Germanic *helmaz

Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese elmo

Portuguese elmo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese elmo (“helm”), borrowed from Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.mu/ [ˈɛʊ̯.mu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.mu/ [ˈɛɫ.mu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛlmu, (Brazil) -ɛwmu
• Hyphenation: el‧mo

Noun

elmo m (plural elmos)

1. helm
2. (heraldry) helmet

Usage notes

• elmo is more often used for ancient and medieval helmets, and in heraldry, while capacete is used for both modern (such as helmets used in sport or motorcycle) and old ones.

Synonyms

• capacete

Further reading

• “elmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “elmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026