emo

See also Emo, and emo-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Abbreviation of emocore.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ēʹ-mō IPA: /ˈi.moʊ/ SAMPA: /"i.moU/

Noun

emo (countable and uncountable; plural emos)

1. (uncountable, music, early 1990s) A particular style of hardcore punk rock
2. (countable, early 1990s) An individual or group of people associated with the subculture and musical style of definition (1)
3. (uncountable, music, late 1990s-current) Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional
4. (countable, late 1990s-current) An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of definition (3)
5. (countable, 2000s) A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo

Translations

music

Russian: эмо, эмо-музыка f.

Adjective

emo (comparative more emo, superlative most emo)

1. (often pejorative) Emotional; sensitive.
2. (informal, often pejorative) Depressed.
   • 2008, Vanity Fair (issue 578)

     Criticism drapes a black velvet cape across the puddle that interrupts the path to change, to be emo about it.

3. Associated with youth subcultures embodying emotional sensitivity.
   • 2007, James A. Reinking, Robert Von Der Osten, Strategies for successful writing

     The one thing everyone agrees on is that they've never encountered a band that claimed to be emo.

Derived terms

• emotard

Anagrams

• EOM, Moe, moe, moé, OEM

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Noun

emo (plural emoj, accusative singular emon, accusative plural emojn)

1. tendency, inclination

Synonyms

• inklino

Related terms

• ema
• emi

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Finnish

Etymology

From emä (“mother (archaic), womb”).

Noun

emo

1. dam (animal mother)
2. mother

Declension

Declension of emo (type valo) singular plural nominative emo emot genitive emon emojen partitive emoa emoja accusative emo emon emot inessive emossa emoissa elative emosta emoista illative emoon emoihin adessive emolla emoilla ablative emolta emoilta allative emolle emoille essive emona emoina translative emoksi emoiksi instructive – emoin abessive emotta emoitta comitative – emoineen

Derived terms

• emoalus
• emolevy
• emoyhtiö

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“take, distribute”). Cognate with Lithuanian imu, Old Church Slavonic имѫ (imǫ) and possibly Old Armenian իմանամ (imanam).

Verb

present active emō, present infinitive emere, perfect active ēmī, supine emptum.

1. (transitive) I buy, purchase.

   Cur non emisti restim suspendio?

   Why do you not buy a halter, and hang yourself?

2. (figuratively) I acquire, procure.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	emō	emis	emit	emimus	emitis	emunt
	future	emam	emēs	emet	emēmus	emētis	ement
	imperfect	emēbam	emēbās	emēbat	emēbāmus	emēbātis	emēbant
	perfect	ēmī	ēmistī	ēmit	ēmimus	ēmistis	ēmērunt
	future perfect	ēmerō	ēmeris	ēmerit	ēmerimus	ēmeritis	ēmerint
	pluperfect	ēmeram	ēmerās	ēmerat	ēmerāmus	ēmerātis	ēmerant
passive	present	emor	emeris	emitur	emimur	emiminī	emuntur
	future	emar	emēris	emētur	emēmur	emēminī	ementur
	imperfect	emēbar	emēbāris	emēbātur	emēbāmur	emēbāminī	emēbantur
	perfect	Use emptus m., empta f., emptum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use emptus m., empta f., emptum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use emptus m., empta f., emptum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	emam	emās	emat	emāmus	emātis	emant
	imperfect	emerem	emerēs	emeret	emerēmus	emerētis	emerent
	perfect	ēmerim	ēmerīs	ēmerit	ēmerīmus	ēmerītis	ēmerint
	pluperfect	ēmissem	ēmissēs	ēmisset	ēmissēmus	ēmissētis	ēmissent
passive	present	emar	emāris	emātur	emāmur	emāminī	emantur
	imperfect	emerer	emerēris	emerētur	emerēmur	emerēminī	emerentur
	perfect	Use emptus m., empta f., emptum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use emptus m., empta f., emptum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	eme	emitō	emitō	emere	emitor	emitor
	plural	emite	emitōte	emuntō	emiminī	—	emuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		emere	ēmisse	emptūrus esse	emī	emptus esse	emptum īrī
participles		emēns (ementis)	—	emptūrus-ra, -rum	—	emptus-a, -um	emendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

caveat ēmptor coemō dēmō dirimō ēmptīcius

ēmptiō ēmptitō ēmptor ēmpturiēns ēmptus

eximō perimō prōmō redimō

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Swedish

Noun

emo n. and c.

1. emo (3), a genre of music and the fashion associated with it
2. an emo (4), a fan of the previous

Declension

Declension of emo 1

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	emo	emon
genitive	emos	emons

Declension of emo 2

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	emo	emot	emon	emona
genitive	emos	emots	emons	emonas