elmo

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von elmo im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A male given name

MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington.

Relevante Übersetzungen

Saint Elmo's fire

Alternative spelling of St. Elmo's fire

Saint Elmo's fires

plural form of Saint Elmo's fire

St. Elmo's fire

An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms

St. Elmo's fires

plural form of St. Elmo's fire

Saint Elmo's fire

Glow accompanying the brushlike discharges of atmospheric electricity that usually appears as a tip of light on the extremities of such pointed objects as church towers or the masts of ships during stormy weather. It is commonly accompanied by a crackling or fizzing noise. It is commonly observed on the periphery of propellers and along the wing tips, windshield, and nose of aircraft flying in dry snow, in ice crystals, or near thunderstorms. St. Elmo is an Italian corruption of St. Erasmus, patron saint of Mediterranean sailors, who traditionally regarded St. Elmo's fire as a sign of his guardianship over them

Türkische aussprache

elmō

Aussprache

/ˈelmō/ /ˈɛlmoʊ/

Etymologie

() From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar. * By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.