homo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 2 Chickasaw 2.1 Verb 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 4 Esperanto 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Derived terms 4.3 See also 5 Finnish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension 5.1.2 Synonyms 5.1.3 Derived terms 6 French 6.1 Noun 7 Ido 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Derived terms 8 Latin 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Noun 8.3.1 Inflection 8.3.2 Derived terms 8.3.3 Descendants 9 Norwegian 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Adjective 9.2.1 Synonyms 9.2.2 Related terms 9.3 Noun 9.3.1 Synonyms 9.3.2 Derived terms 9.3.3 Related terms 9.4 References 10 Swedish 10.1 Noun

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmə
• Rhymes: -əʊməʊ

Noun

homo (countable and uncountable; plural homos)

1. (slang, often pejorative) Short form of homosexual.
2. (uncountable) (Canadian) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.

Translations

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Chickasaw

Verb

homo

1. to roof

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Dutch

Noun

homo m.

1. gay, homosexual (not derogatory)

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Esperanto

Etymology

Compare Catalan home, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Romanian om, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.

Noun

homo (plural homoj, accusative singular homon, 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)

Derived terms

homaro : humanity

See also

homo

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Finnish

Noun

homo

1. gay man
2. (rarely) any gay person

Declension

Declension of homo (type valo) singular plural nominative homo homot genitive homon homojen partitive homoa homoja accusative homo homon homot inessive homossa homoissa elative homosta homoista illative homoon homoihin adessive homolla homoilla ablative homolta homoilta allative homolle homoille essive homona homoina translative homoksi homoiksi instructive – homoin abessive homotta homoitta comitative – homoineen

Synonyms

• (gay man): hinttari (derogatory), hintti (derogatory), homppeli, homoseksuaali

Derived terms

• homobaari
• homomies

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French

Noun

homo m.

1. gay (homosexual person, especially male)

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Ido

Noun

homo (plural homi)

1. A human being, person.

Derived terms

• homaro: humanity

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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“‘earthling’”). Cognates include Old Lithuanian žmuõ (“‘man’”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma).

Cf. also nēmō (“‘no one’”) < *ne hemō. PIE *dʰǵʰm̥mon- is a derivative of *dʰéǵʰōm (“‘earth’”), whence also Latin humus. Thus, same PIE root gave both the nouns for man and earth; compare similar semasiological development in Semitic languages: Hebrew אָדָם (adam), “‘man; soil’”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈho.moː/
•  Audio (Classical)^{help, file}

Noun

homō (genitive hominis); m, third declension

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 nolunt hominem edacem.

   They won't keep a greedy man.

   Homines, dum docent, discunt.

   Men learn while they teach.

2. sir

   Tu homo adigis me ad insaniam.

   You, sir, are driving me to madness.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	homō	hominēs
genitive	hominis	hominum
dative	hominī	hominibus
accusative	hominem	hominēs
ablative	homine	hominibus
vocative	homō	hominēs

Derived terms

• ad hominem - against the man
• homunculus - (diminutive)
• humanitas - humanity
• humanus - human
• homō hominī lupus
• homo ego sum, homo tu es
• homo nulli coloris

Descendants

Catalan: home Esperanto: homo French: homme Galician: home Ido: homo Italian: uomo

Occitan: òme Portuguese: homem Romanian: om Sardinian: ómine Sicilian: omu Spanish: hombre

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Norwegian

Etymology

Short for homofil (“‘homophile’”) or homofil person (“‘homophile person’”)

Adjective

homo (masculine homo; feminine homo; neuter homo; plural homo; comparative mer homo; superlative mest homo)

1. homosexual

Synonyms

• homofil

Related terms

• homofili
• homoseksualitet
• lesbisk

Noun

homo m. (definite singular homoen; indefinite plural homoer; definite plural homoene)

1. A male homosexual person.

Synonyms

• homse
• soper

Derived terms

• homodager
• homogutt
• homomarsj
• homoparade

Related terms

• bi
• lesbe

References

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

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Swedish

Noun

homo c.

1. homosexual