elmo
See also: Elmo
English
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elˈmo/, [ʔɛlˈmɔ]
- Hyphenation: el‧mo
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese elmo (“helm”), from Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl.mʊ/
References
- “elmo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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/[1]
- Rhymes: -elmo, -ɛlmo
- Hyphenation: él‧mo, èl‧mo
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Maltese: elmu
References
- elmo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese

elmo
Alternative forms
- helmo (obsolete)
Etymology
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]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛw.mo/ [ˈɛʊ̯.mo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.mu/ [ˈɛɫ.mu]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛlmu, (Brazil) -ɛwmu
- Hyphenation: el‧mo
Usage notes
Synonyms
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