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See also: HOMO, Homo, and homo-

English

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Etymology

A clipping of words formed from Ancient Greek ὁμο- (homo-, same).

Pronunciation

Noun

homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)

  1. (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.
  2. (uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
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Translations

Adjective

homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)

  1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
  2. (not comparable, Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.

Anagrams


Chickasaw

Verb

homo

  1. to roof

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From homoseksueel.

Noun

homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n)

  1. (neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual
  2. (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)

  1. 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)

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Hypernyms

Holonyms

Derived terms

See also

homo


Finnish

Noun

homo

  1. gay man
  2. (rarely) any gay person
  3. (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)
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.
Possessive forms of homo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative homoni homoni
accusative nom. homoni homoni
gen. homoni
genitive homoni homojeni
partitive homoani homojani
inessive homossani homoissani
elative homostani homoistani
illative homooni homoihini
adessive homollani homoillani
ablative homoltani homoiltani
allative homolleni homoilleni
essive homonani homoinani
translative homokseni homoikseni
abessive homottani homoittani
instructive
comitative homoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative homosi homosi
accusative nom. homosi homosi
gen. homosi
genitive homosi homojesi
partitive homoasi homojasi
inessive homossasi homoissasi
elative homostasi homoistasi
illative homoosi homoihisi
adessive homollasi homoillasi
ablative homoltasi homoiltasi
allative homollesi homoillesi
essive homonasi homoinasi
translative homoksesi homoiksesi
abessive homottasi homoittasi
instructive
comitative homoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative homomme homomme
accusative nom. homomme homomme
gen. homomme
genitive homomme homojemme
partitive homoamme homojamme
inessive homossamme homoissamme
elative homostamme homoistamme
illative homoomme homoihimme
adessive homollamme homoillamme
ablative homoltamme homoiltamme
allative homollemme homoillemme
essive homonamme homoinamme
translative homoksemme homoiksemme
abessive homottamme homoittamme
instructive
comitative homoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative homonne homonne
accusative nom. homonne homonne
gen. homonne
genitive homonne homojenne
partitive homoanne homojanne
inessive homossanne homoissanne
elative homostanne homoistanne
illative homoonne homoihinne
adessive homollanne homoillanne
ablative homoltanne homoiltanne
allative homollenne homoillenne
essive homonanne homoinanne
translative homoksenne homoiksenne
abessive homottanne homoittanne
instructive
comitative homoinenne

Synonyms

Derived terms


Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin homō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (earthling).

Pronunciation

Noun

homo m (plural homos)

  1. man

French

Noun

homo m or f (plural homos)

  1. gay (homosexual person, especially male)

Adjective

homo (plural homos)

  1. gay, homo

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)

  1. human, man

Derived terms

Antonyms


Italian

Noun

homo m (plural homini)

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of omo.
    • c. 13th century, Francis of Assisi, “Cantico di Frate Sole”, Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco [1]:
      Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora noſtra moꝛte coꝛᵱale, da la quale nullu uiuēte po ſkappare.
      Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death, from whose embrace no living person can escape.
    • 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»

Latin

duo hominēs (two people)

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

Noun

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  1. a human being, a man (in the sense of human being), a person
    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.
  2. sir
    Tū, homō, adigis mē ad insaniam.
    You, sir, are driving me insane.

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants


Norwegian

Etymology

Short for homofil (homophile) or homofil person (homophile person).

Adjective

homo

  1. homosexual

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

homo m

  1. A male homosexual person.

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “homo” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • homo” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Novial

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.

Noun

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  1. man; man child

Hyponyms


Portuguese

Adjective

homo m or f (feminine homa, plural homo)

  1. homosexual (involving or relating to homosexuals)

Synonyms


Swedish

Noun

homo c

  1. homosexual