Emmy

E1M3M3Y4
/ˈɛmi/

proper noun

A diminutive of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, also used as a female given name.

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Meanings

Emmy1

proper nounEmmy (plural Emmys)

plural Emmys · alternative Emmie · alternative Emme

  1. A diminutive of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, also used as a female given name.

    There was a buxom Irish servant-girl, who […] had […] striven to give Amelia aid or consolation. Emmy was much too sad to answer, or even to be aware of the attempts the other was making in her favour.

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Emmy2

nounEmmy (plural Emmys)

plural Emmys

  1. An award given for artistic excellence in television productions.

Origin

Emmy · proper noun

Shortening.

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Emmy · noun

Chosen as a feminine-sounding derivation of immy, a nickname for the image orthicon tubes used in early television cameras.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Emmy

semidemilemmeBuscemiLemmygemmyjemmystemmytremie
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Anagrams

Yemm
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APA

Emmy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emmy

MLA

“Emmy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emmy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Emmy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emmy.

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