elmo
See also: Elmo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a West Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).
Noun
elmo m (plural elmi)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- helmo (obsolete)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese elmo (“helm”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms, “helm”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value Portugal is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɛɫ.mu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value Brazil is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɛw.mu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value South Brazil is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɛw.mo/
- Hyphenation: el‧mo
Noun
elmo m (plural s)
Usage notes
Elmo is more oftenly 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
Categories:
- Italian terms derived from West Germanic languages
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Heraldry
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Gothic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Heraldry
- pt:Armor