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Elmo

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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: Apartheid Clyde, Elno, Elongated Muskrat, Phony Stark, Space Karen
    • 2022 December 12, marie_cast (@marie_cast@toad.social), Mastodon‎[1]:
      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[2]:
      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[3]:
      Incredible how low Twitter has sunk since Elmo fired the grownups.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Elmo.

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Noun

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Elmo (plural Elmos)

  1. English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia
    (education, law, genericized trademark) A document camera.
    • 1998 April 21, Joan M. Whitworth, quoting Dr. Kern (pseudonymous), “Looking at Distance Learning through Both Ends of the Camera”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[4], ERIC:
      Someone had to tell me when the paper was positioned correctly under the elmo (document camera).
    • 2009, Kate Popejoy, “New Outcomes: Learning Improvement in Mathematics Integrating Technology - NO LIMIT! An Enhancing Education through Technology Project. Final Report: Years Five and Six (2005-2007)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[5], ERIC:
      Students bring their math work under the Elmo to share with other students to discuss their thoughts.
    • 2011, Sally A. Spencer, “Universal Design for Learning: Assistance for Teachers in Today's Inclusive Classrooms”, in Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning‎[6], ERIC:
      The teacher can ask students to categorize the new information on the graphic organizer as they go through the text and the video, and then model this activity on an Elmo or overhead projector during the lesson, thus providing another means of visual support
    • 2010s, “Presenting Evidence”, in Clerk Services‎[7], United States District Court for the Central District of California:
      Courtrooms in the United States District Court for the Central District of California have DVD/VCR equipment and an Electronic Evidence Presenter (sometimes referred to as an "ELMO") for attorneys to use when presenting evidence at trial or evidentiary hearings.
    • 2015 September 8, Robert Hilson, John Facciola, “Judge Facciola: I'm not in the business of supporting an industry”, in Logikcull‎[8], Logik:
      You know, in the courtroom, I used to have a little ELMO (an electronic evidence presenter) machine and there is absolutely nothing simpler than ELMO-ing. You put in the piece of paper and hit a button and the image is projected. But I can't tell you how many lawyers approached the ELMO as if they were approaching a cobra!

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Estonian

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Proper noun

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Elmo

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

Finnish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Italian Erasmo. See English Elmo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈelmo/, [ˈe̞lmo̞]
  • Rhymes: -elmo
  • Syllabification(key): El‧mo
  • Hyphenation(key): El‧mo

Proper noun

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Elmo

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

Declension

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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
abessive Elmotta Elmoitta
instructive — Elmoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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

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  • Elmo is the 261st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,895 male individuals (and as a middle name to 463 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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German

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Proper noun

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Elmo

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo
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