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English
Etymology
Abbreviation of emocore.
Pronunciation
Noun
emo (countable and uncountable, plural emos)
- (uncountable, music, early 1990s) A particular style of hardcore punk rock
- (countable, early 1990s) An individual or group of people associated with that subculture and musical style.
- (uncountable, music, late 1990s-current) Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional
- (countable, late 1990s-current) An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock.
- (countable, 2000s) A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.
Translations
music
Adjective
emo (comparative more emo, superlative most emo)
- (often derogatory) Emotional; sensitive.
- (informal, often derogatory) 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.
- 2008, Vanity Fair (issue 578)
- 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.
- 2012, Megan Bostic, Never Eighteen:
- Trevor looks kind of emo, rail thin, dark hair, guyliner, wears black all the time.
- 2007, James A. Reinking, Robert Von Der Osten, Strategies for successful writing
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Noun
emo (accusative singular emon, plural emoj, accusative plural emojn)
- tendency, inclination
- 2013, Julia Sigmond and Sen Rosen, Libazar' Kaj Tero:
- Neniam kristaliĝis rigoraj dogmoj, neniam formiĝis komandejoj kaj juĝistejoj; spontane plifirmiĝis tradicioj: inklino al naturaj kaj homaj belaĵoj, emo konservi kaj protekti ilin, promenadoj en la naturo, naĝado, praktikado de inteligentaj ludoj (goo-ludo, ŝakoj, briĝo, triktrako, enigmoarto ...), vegetarismo, rifuzo pri efemeraj laŭmodaĵoj.
- Rigorous dogmas never crystalized, command centers and courts never formed; traditions spontaneously became firmer: an inclination to beautiful natural things and people, an inclination to conserve and protect them, walks in nature, swimming, practice of intelligent games (Go, Chess, Bridge, Backgammon, puzzles ...), vegetarianism, a refusal of ephemeral fads.
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Finnish
Etymology
From emä (“mother (archaic), womb”).
Noun
emo
- mother (animal female parent)
- (archaic or poetic) mother (human female parent)
- dam (female parent, generally regarding breeding of animals)
- queen (reproductive female animal in a hive)
Declension
| Inflection of emo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | emo | emot | |
| genitive | emon | emojen | |
| partitive | emoa | emoja | |
| illative | emoon | emoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | emo | emot | |
| accusative | nom. | emo | emot |
| gen. | emon | ||
| genitive | emon | emojen | |
| partitive | emoa | emoja | |
| 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 | |
| Possessive forms of emo (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | emoni | emomme |
| 2nd person | emosi | emonne |
| 3rd person | emonsa | |
Derived terms
Karao
Adverb
emo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *emō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), (with excrescent p in ēmptum). Cognate with Lithuanian im̃ti, Old Church Slavonic имѫ (imǫ) and possibly Old Armenian իմանամ (imanam). Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take or give ones due”), with its descendants English nim, Danish nemme, Dutch nemen, German nehmen, West Frisian nimme, Ancient Greek νέμω (némō).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.moː/, [ˈɛ.moː]
Verb
emō (present infinitive emere, perfect active ēmī, supine ēmptum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I buy, purchase.
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ioannes.4.8:
- discipuli enim eius abierant in civitatem ut cibos emerent
- so his disciples had gone away unto the city to buy food
- discipuli enim eius abierant in civitatem ut cibos emerent
- Quantīs haec poma ēmisti?
- How much have you paid for these fruits?
- (figuratively) I acquire, procure.
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References
- emo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- emo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
- to buy dearly: magno or male emere
- after having completed one's service: emeritis stipendiis (Sall. Iug. 84. 2)
- to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
Further reading
- emo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Spanish
Noun
emo m (plural emos)
Swedish
Noun
emo c or n
Declension
| Declension of emo 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | emo | emon | — | — |
| Genitive | emos | emons | — | — |
| Declension of emo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | emo | emot | emon | emona |
| Genitive | emos | emots | emons | emonas |
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