different between elmer vs elmo

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el?mo/

Noun

elmó f 

1. strength

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

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese elmo (“helm”), from Gothic ???????????????????? (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.m?/

Noun

elmo m (plural elmos)

1. helm, helmet

   Synonyms: chapel, capal, almafre

References

• “elmo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a West Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).

Noun

elmo m (plural elmi)

1. helmet
2. (heraldry) helmet

Derived terms

• elmetto

Anagrams

• melo, mole

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• helmo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese elmo (“helm”), from Gothic ???????????????????? (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???.mu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??w.mu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??w.mo/
• Hyphenation: el?mo

Noun

elmo m (plural elmos)

1. helm
2. (heraldry) helmet

Usage notes

Elmo is more oftenly used for ancient and medieval helmets, and in heraldry, while capacete is used for both modern (such as helmets used in sport or motorcycle) and old ones.

Synonyms

• capacete