emo
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Contents
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 pejorative) Emotional; sensitive.
- (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.
- 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
Derived terms
Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
emo (plural emoj, accusative singular emon, accusative plural emojn)
Synonyms
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
From emä (“mother (archaic), womb”).
Noun
emo
Declension
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | emo | emot | |
| accusative | zero? | emo | emot |
| normal | 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 | |
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”). Cognate with Lithuanian imu, 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.
Pronunciation
Verb
present active emō, present infinitive emere, perfect active ēmī, supine emptum
- (transitive) I buy, purchase.
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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
- Quanti haec poma emisti?
- How much have you paid for these fruits?
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- (figuratively) I acquire, procure.
Inflection
Conjugation of emo (third conjugation)
Derived terms
External links
- emo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
Swedish
Noun
emo c, n
Declension
Declension of emo 1
Declension of emo 2
Categories:
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Music
- English adjectives
- English pejoratives
- English informal terms
- Esperanto nouns
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin verbs
- Latin transitive verbs
- Latin third conjugation verbs
- Swedish nouns
- en:Emotions
