olmo

See also: Olmo

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /olˈmo/ [ʔɔlˈmɔ]
• Hyphenation: ol‧mo

Noun

olmó f

1. enveloping, wrapping

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Galician

Olmo

Etymology

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Latin ulmus

Old Galician-Portuguese

Galician olmo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ulmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolmo/ [ˈol.mʊ]
• Rhymes: -olmo
• Hyphenation: ol‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmos)

1. elm tree

   Synonyms: ulmeiro, umeiro, lamargueiro

Derived terms

• Olmo
• Olmos

Adjective

olmo (feminine olma, masculine plural olmos, feminine plural olmas)

1. (rare) soft

   Synonyms: dondo, mol

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “olmo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “olmo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “olmo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “olmo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “olmo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol.mo/
• Rhymes: -olmo
• Hyphenation: ól‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmi)

1. elm (Ulmus)
2. field elm (Ulmus minor)

   Synonyms: olmo campestre, olmo comune

3. wood from those trees

Derived terms

• olmaia
• olmaria
• olmeto
• olmo siberiano

Anagrams

• molo, molò

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem

Latin ulmus

Old Galician-Portuguese olmo

Portuguese olmo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese olmo, from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈow.mu/ [ˈoʊ̯.mu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈol.mu/ [ˈoɫ.mu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -olmu, (Brazil) -owmu
• Hyphenation: ol‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmos)

1. elm

Further reading

• “olmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “olmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem

Latin ulmus

Old Spanish olmo

Spanish olmo

Inherited from Old Spanish olmo, from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolmo/ [ˈol.mo]
• Rhymes: -olmo
• Syllabification: ol‧mo

Noun

olmo m (plural olmos)

1. elm

Derived terms

• olmo montano
• olmo siberiano
• pedir peras al olmo

Further reading

• “olmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025