emo

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English

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Etymology

Abbreviation of emocore.

Pronunciation

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 that subculture and musical style.
  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 that style of rock.
  5. (countable, 2000s) A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.

Translations

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.
    • 2012, Megan Bostic, Never Eighteen
      Trevor looks kind of emo, rail thin, dark hair, guyliner, wears black all the time.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. tendency, inclination

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Related terms

Finnish

Etymology

From emä (“mother (archaic), womb”).

Noun

emo

  1. dam (animal mother)
  2. mother

Declension

Inflection of emo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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 emolleˣ emoilleˣ
essive emona emoina
translative emoksi emoiksi
instructive — emoin
abessive emotta emoitta
comitative — emoineen

Derived terms

Latin

FWOTD - 16 July 2013

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, Ancient Greek νέμω (némō).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (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
    Quanti haec poma emisti?
    How much have you paid for these fruits?
  2. (figuratively) I acquire, procure.

Inflection

Conjugation of emo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present emō emis emit emimus emitis emunt
imperfect emēbam emēbās emēbat emēbāmus emēbātis emēbant
future emam emēs emet emēmus emētis ement
perfect ēmī ēmistī ēmit ēmimus ēmistis ēmērunt, ēmēre
pluperfect ēmeram ēmerās ēmerat ēmerāmus ēmerātis ēmerant
future perfect ēmerō ēmeris ēmerit ēmerimus ēmeritis ēmerint
passive present emor emeris, emere emitur emimur emiminī emuntur
imperfect emēbar emēbāris, emēbāre emēbātur emēbāmur emēbāminī emēbantur
future emar emēris, emēre emētur emēmur emēminī ementur
perfect emptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect emptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect emptus + future active 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, emāre emātur emāmur emāminī emantur
imperfect emerer emerēris, emerēre emerētur emerēmur emerēminī emerentur
perfect emptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect emptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — eme — — emite —
future — emitō emitō — emitōte emuntō
passive present — emere — — emiminī —
future — emitor emitor — — emuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives emere ēmisse emptūrus esse emī emptus esse emptum īrī
participles emēns — emptūrus — emptus emendus

Derived terms

External links

  • emo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

Swedish

Noun

emo c, n

  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
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