# 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: /ˈɛlmoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

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.
* 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: Apartheid Clyde, 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

* St. Elmo's fire

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Elmo
* a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Italian [Term?]. See English Elmo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈelmo/, [ˈe̞lmo̞]
* Rhymes: -elmo
* Hyphenation: El‧mo

### Proper noun

Elmo
* a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Elmo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
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
abessive
Elmottani
Elmoittani
instructive
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
abessive
Elmottasi
Elmoittasi
instructive
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
abessive
Elmottamme
Elmoittamme
instructive
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
abessive
Elmottanne
Elmoittanne
instructive
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
abessive
Elmottaan Elmottansa
Elmoittaan Elmoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Elmoineen Elmoinensa :

#### Statistics

* 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

* melo

## German
### Proper noun

Elmo
* a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo