• (RP) IPA: /ˈiːmjuː/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈim(j)u/

emu (plural emus)

1. (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). [from early 17th c.]
2. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]
   • 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. [...] In Eight Volumes, volume V, new edition, London: Printed for F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], OCLC 877622212 ↗, part I (An History of Birds), pages 59 and 60 ↗:

     [page 59 ↗] The Emu, though not ſo as large as the oſtrich, is only ſecond to it in magnitude. It is by much the largeſt bird in the New Continent; and is generally found to be ſix feet high, meaſuring from its head to the ground. […] [page 60 ↗] [T]he emu runs with ſuch a ſwiftneſs, that the fleeteſt dogs are thrown out in the purſuit.

• French: émeu, émeus
• German: Emu
• Italian: emù
• Portuguese: emu
• Russian: э́му
• Spanish: emú

• (RP, GA) IPA: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/

emu (plural emu)

1. (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit

   Synonyms: EMU

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛmjuː/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈɛmju/

emu (plural emus)

1. (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator#English|emulator.

1. Initialism of European Monetary Union
2. Initialism of Eastern Mennonite University}.

1. (computing) Initialism of English Metric Units.
2. (rail transport) Initialism of Electric Multiple Unit.
3. Initialism of electromagnetic#English|Electromagnetic unit#English|unit.
4. (automotive engineering) Initialism of Engine Management Unit.