Definitions and meaning of emo
emo
Etymology
Abbreviation of emocore.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ēʹ-mō IPA(key): /ˈi.moʊ/
Noun
emo (countable and uncountable, plural emos)
- (uncountable, music, early 1990s) A particular style of hardcore punk rock
- (countable, early 1990s) An individual 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 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
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.
- 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.
Derived terms
Anagrams
- 'ome, -ome, EOM, MOE, Meo, MoE, Moe, OEM, OME, moe, moé
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English emo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiː.moː/
- Hyphenation: emo
Noun
emo m (plural emo's)
- (uncountable) emo (form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional; esp. a style of pop punk or hardcore punk)
- (countable) emo (individual associated with the above genres or subculture; young person who is considered to be over-emotional)
Esperanto
Etymology
From -ema + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
emo (accusative singular emon, plural emoj, accusative plural emojn)
- tendency, inclination
Synonyms
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
emä (“mother (archaic), womb”) + -o
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
Derived terms
Karao
Adverb
emo
- maybe
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 one's 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/, [ˈɛmoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.mo/, [ˈɛːmɔ]
Verb
emō (present infinitive emere, perfect active ēmī, supine ēmptum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I buy, purchase.
- Synonym: compārō
- Antonym: vēndō
- (figuratively) I acquire, procure.
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- emo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- emo in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- emo in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
Further reading
- emo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- Sihler, Andrew L., New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From English emo, short for emotional hardcore.
Noun
emo m (plural emos)
- emo
Swedish
Etymology
From English emo, short for emotional hardcore.
Noun
emo c or n
- emo (3), a genre of music and the fashion associated with it
- an emo (4), a fan of the previous
Declension
Zia
Etymology
From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *ambi (“man, husband”).
Noun
emo
- man
Source: wiktionary.org- a type of music combining traditional hard rock with personal and emotional lyrics.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)