homo

See also HOMO, Homo, and homo-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/, /ˈhɒm.əʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊməʊ

Noun

homo (countable and uncountable; plural homos)

1. (colloquial, often pejorative) Short form of homosexual.
   • 1938, Cecil Day Lewis, Starting point^[1], page 127:

     "... He's a homo."
     "My dear Theo, at my age one can't worry about little details like that. Besides, he's got such a nice voice."

2. (uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
   • 1956, Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station., Station bulletin^[2], page 25:

     One quart of homo wholesale in glass equals one quart equivalent. Certain modifications were made in these relatives to adjust for variations in units per ...

Translations

short form of homosexual

German: Homo (de) Hebrew: הומו (he)

Latvian: homiķis (lv) m. Russian: гомик (ru) (gómik) m.

homogenized milk with butterfat

Adjective

homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)

1. (colloquial) (sometimes pejorative) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
2. (not comparable) (Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
   • 1958, American milk review and milk plant monthly, volume 20, page 190: 

     Regular homo milk was being sold out of stores in half gallons for 33 cents against 44 cents on regular homo milk on home delivery.

Anagrams

• Moho

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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)

Synonyms

• (in compounds) antropo

Hyponyms

• femino, homino, virino (“woman”)
• (neologism) homiĉo, viro (“man”)
• homido, infano (“child”)

Hypernyms

• homedo (“hominid”)

Holonyms

• homaro (“humanity”)

Derived terms

• homaranismo (“doctrine of regarding all of humanity like your kin”)
• kavernhomo (“cave dweller”)
• neĝhomo (“snowperson”)
• prahomo (“a prehuman (neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, &c.)”)
• senhomejo (“uninhabited territory, no-man's-land”)

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. and f. (plural homos)

1. gay (homosexual person, especially male)

Adjective

homo m. and f. inv.

1. gay homo

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Ido

Noun

homo (plural homi)

1. A human being, person.

Derived terms

• homaro: humanity
• homino: woman

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Latin

duo hominēs (two people)

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”), from *ne hemō. Proto-Indo-European * dʰǵʰm̥mon- is a derivative of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), whence also Latin humus. Thus, same Proto-Indo-European 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)

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Noun

homō (genitive hominis); m, third declension

1. 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.

   Homō hominī lupus est.

   Man acts like a wolf to man.

   Alere nolunt hominem edacem.

   They won't keep a greedy man.

   Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.

   Men learn while they teach.

2. sir

   Tu, homō, adigis mē 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

Aromanian: om Catalan: home Esperanto: homo French: homme, on Friulian: om Galician: home Ido: homo Italian: uomo

Occitan: òme Portuguese: homem Romanian: om Romansch: um Sardinian: ómine Sicilian: omu Spanish: hombre Venetian: omo

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Adjective

homo

1. homosexual

Inflection

    Inflection of homo

Bokmål		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	homo	homo	Comparative	mer homo	Superlative	mest homo
	Feminine singular	homo	homo
	Neuter singular	homo	homo
	Plural	homo	homo
Nynorsk		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	homo	homo	Comparative	meir homo	Superlative	mest homo
	Feminine singular	homo	homo
	Neuter singular	homo	homo
	Plural	homo	homo

Synonyms

• homofil

Related terms

• homofili
• homoseksualitet
• lesbisk

Noun

homo m.

1. A male homosexual person.

Inflection

    Inflection of homo

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	homo	homoen	homoer	homoene
Nynorsk m	homo	homoen	homoar	homoane

Synonyms

• homse
• soper (Bokmål), sopar (Nynorsk)

Derived terms

• homodager (Bokmål)
• homogutt (Bokmål)
• 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