homo
English
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Etymology
A clipping of words formed from Ancient Greek ὁμο- (homo-, “same”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)
- (colloquial, often derogatory) Short form of homosexual.
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- I heard that she's a homo, but she hasn't come out of the closet yet.
- (uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
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Translations
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Adjective
homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
- (not comparable, Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
Anagrams
Chickasaw
Verb
homo
- to roof
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From homoseksueel.
Noun
homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n)
- (neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual
- (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur.
Usage notes
The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but either the term, or its use in this way, this can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage of English gay.
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin homo. Compare Catalan home, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Romanian om, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.
Noun
homo (accusative singular homon, plural homoj, accusative plural homojn)
- a human being, person
- 1933, La Sankta Biblio, (Evangelio laŭ Luko 4:4):
- Kaj Jesuo respondis al li: Estas skribite, Ne per la pano sole vivos homo.
- Then Jesus answered him, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone." (Luke 4:4)
- Kaj Jesuo respondis al li: Estas skribite, Ne per la pano sole vivos homo.
- 1933, La Sankta Biblio, (Evangelio laŭ Luko 4:4):
Synonyms
- (in compounds) antropo
Hyponyms
Hypernyms
Holonyms
Derived terms
- homaranismo (“doctrine of regarding all of humanity like your kin”)
- kavernhomo (“cave dweller”)
- neĝhomo (“snowperson”)
- prahomo (“a prehuman (neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, etc.)”)
- senhomejo (“uninhabited territory, no-man's-land”)
See also
Finnish
Noun
homo
- gay man
- (rarely) any gay person
- (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur.
Usage notes
The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but either the term, or its use in this way, this can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage in Dutch.
Declension
Inflection of homo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | homo | homot | |
genitive | homon | homojen | |
partitive | homoa | homoja | |
illative | homoon | homoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | homo | homot | |
accusative | nom. | homo | homot |
gen. | homon | ||
genitive | homon | homojen | |
partitive | homoa | homoja | |
inessive | homossa | homoissa | |
elative | homosta | homoista | |
illative | homoon | homoihin | |
adessive | homolla | homoilla | |
ablative | homolta | homoilta | |
allative | homolle | homoille | |
essive | homona | homoina | |
translative | homoksi | homoiksi | |
abessive | homotta | homoitta | |
instructive | — | homoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (gay male):: homomies, homopoika, hinttari (derogatory), hintti (derogatory), homppeli
- (gay female): lesbo
- (gay person): homoseksuaali
Derived terms
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin homō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
homo m (plural homos)
French
Noun
homo m or f (plural homos)
- gay (homosexual person, especially male)
Adjective
homo (plural homos)
External links
- “homo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto homo, from English human, French homme and humain, Italian uomo, Spanish hombre, from Latin homō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).
Noun
homo (plural homi)
Derived terms
- homa (“human”)
- homala (“human”)
- homino (“female human”)
- homulo (“male human”)
- homaro (“mankind”)
- homeso (“humanity”)
Antonyms
- animalo (“animal”)
Italian
Noun
homo m (plural homini)
- (deprecated use of
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- Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora noſtra moꝛte coꝛᵱale, da la quale nullu hō uiuēte po ſkappare.
- Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death, from whose embrace no living person can escape.
- Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora noſtra moꝛte coꝛᵱale, da la quale nullu hō uiuēte po ſkappare.
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Johannes Numeister, Canto I, a3r, line 15]:
- Quando uiddi cuſtui nel gran diſerto ¶ Miſerere di me gridai ad lui ¶ qual che tu ſii o ombra o homo certo
- When I beheld him in the desert vast, ¶ «Have pity on me», unto him I cried, ¶ «whiche'er thou art, or shade or real man»
- Quando uiddi cuſtui nel gran diſerto ¶ Miſerere di me gridai ad lui ¶ qual che tu ſii o ombra o homo certo
- c. 13th century, Francis of Assisi, “Cantico di Frate Sole”, Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco [1]:
Latin
Etymology
From earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”) (see here for cognate nouns), from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), whence Latin humus. See also nēmō (“no one”), from *ne hemō.
Noteworthy is that the same (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European root gave both the nouns for earth and man similar to the development in Semitic languages: Hebrew אָדָם (adám, “man”), אֲדָמָה (adamá, “soil”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- a human being, a man (in the sense of human being), a person
- Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer
- Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
- I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.
- Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
- Homō hominī lupus est.
- Man acts like a wolf to man.
- Alere nōlunt hominem edācem.
- They won't keep a greedy man.
- Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.
- Men learn while they teach.
- Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer
- sir
- Tū, homō, adigis mē ad insaniam.
- You, sir, are driving me insane.
- Tū, homō, adigis mē ad insaniam.
Inflection
Derived terms
- ad hominem
- deushomō
- homunciō (diminutive)
- homunculus (diminutive)
- homullus (diminutive)
- hūmānitās
- hūmānus
- homō hominī lupus
- homō ego sum, homō tū es
- homō nūllīus colōris
Descendants
Norwegian
Etymology
Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).
Adjective
homo
Inflection
Bokmål | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | ||||
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Masculine singular | homo | homo | Comparative | mer homo | Superlative | mest homo | ||
Feminine singular | homo | homo | ||||||
Neuter singular | homo | homo | ||||||
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Masculine singular | homo | homo | Comparative | meir homo | Superlative | mest homo | ||
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Neuter singular | homo | homo | ||||||
Plural | homo | homo |
Synonyms
Related terms
Noun
homo m
- A male homosexual person.
Inflection
Synonyms
Derived terms
- homodager (Bokmål)
- homogutt (Bokmål)
- homomarsj
- homoparade
Related terms
References
Novial
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.
Noun
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Hyponyms
Related terms
Portuguese
Adjective
homo m or f (feminine homa, plural homo)
- homosexual (involving or relating to homosexuals)
Synonyms
Swedish
Noun
homo c
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