emma
Syllables: em·ma/ˈɛmə/
emma noun: m in RAF phonetic alphabet.
Noun
emma (plural emmas)
- M in RAF phonetic alphabet
Proper noun capitalized: Emma
Emma
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- Both Saxon and Norman chroniclers unite in representing the youthful Queen Emma as in a peculiar degree gifted with elegance and beauty; so that many flattering epithets had been bestowed on her - as "the Pearl," "the Flower," or "the Fair Maid" of Normandy.1854, Matthew Hall, The Queens Before the Conquest, pages 259–260
- Emma Calvé...since Madame Bovary the name Emma suggests a solid bourgeois foundation, a country family...Emma Eames, a chilly name...a wind from the East.1917, Carl Van Vechten, Interpreters and Interpretations., A.A.Knopf, page 92
emma meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
emma in Hindi
- एम्मा
emma in Marathi
- एम्मा
emma in Urdu
- ایما
emma in Bengali
- এম্মা, এমা
More languagesFewer languages
- emma in Telugu
- ఎమ్మా
- emma in Kannada
- ಎಮ್ಮಾ
- emma in Punjabi
- ਐਮਾ, ਏਮ੍ਮਾ
- emma in Gujarati
- એમ્મા
- emma in Odia
- ଏମ୍ମା
- emma in Nepali
- एम्मा
Examples of emma in a sentence
- Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.
- Emma tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.
- Emma was bred at the Leofoo Safari Park in Hsinchu County, northwestern Taiwan.
Forms of emma
| plural | emmas |
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Origin of emma
From Emma.
Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.
Words formed from emma
Phrases with emma
Words that rhyme with emma
- dilemma
- lemma
- trilemma
- gemma
- stremma
- ack emma
- on the horns of a dilemma
- Pema
- pip emma
- problema
- quadrilemma
- tetralemma
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Questions about emma
- What does emma mean?
- Emma means m in RAF phonetic alphabet.
- What is emma in Hindi?
- Emma in Hindi is एम्मा. See Emma meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emma?
- Emma can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce emma?
- Emma is pronounced /ˈɛmə/.
- What is the plural of emma?
- The plural of emma is emmas.
Words near emma in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: emma (page history and authors); Emma (page history and authors); emma (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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