Homo

See also: HOMO, homo, and homo-

Translingual

Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis, comparison of skulls

Etymology

From Latin homō (“human being, man”).

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/

Proper noun

Homo m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of human, all but one of which is extinct.
   • 2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):

     Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.

   • 2016 June 9, James Griffiths, “This is how the ‘Hobbits’ of Indonesia became so small”, in CNN‎^[1] (in English):

     Discoverer Mike Morwood proposed that it was a shrunken Homo erectus, the same species that eventually evolved to become us; others suggested the Hobbits were descended from smaller, more primitive early humans such as Homo habilis or Australopithecus.

Synonyms

• †Africanthropus, Anthropus, †Archanthropus, †Atlanthropus, †Cyphanthropus, †Europanthropus, †Javanthropus, †Kenyanthropus, †Maueranthropus, †Meganthropus, †Nipponanthropus, †Notanthropus, †Palaeanthropus, Pithecanthropus, †Praehomo, †Proanthropus, †Pseudhomo, †Sinanthropus, †Tchadanthropus, †Telanthropus

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Homininae – subfamily; Hominini – tribe; Hominina – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Homo sapiens – sole extant species
• Homo antecessor, Homo cepranensis, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo floresiensis, Homo gautengensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo microcranous, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis (syn. Homo stupidus), Homo orientalis, Homo platyops, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis – extinct species

Translations

genus

• Bengali: মানুষ (bn) (manúsh)
• Greek: άνθρωπος (el) (ánthropos)
• Russian: лю́ди (ru) (ljúdi)

References

• Homo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Homo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Homo by species on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “Homo”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026

German

Etymology

Clipping of Homosexueller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːmo/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ho‧mo

Noun

Homo m (strong, genitive Homos, plural Homos)

1. (informal, derogatory) homosexual, gay

   Synonyms: Homosexueller, Schwuler, Schwuchtel, Schwuli

   Antonym: Hete f

Declension

Declension of Homo [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Homo	die	Homos
genitive	eines	des	Homos	der	Homos
dative	einem	dem	Homo	den	Homos
accusative	einen	den	Homo	die	Homos

Derived terms

• Homoehe

See also

• Arschficker

Further reading

• “Homo” in Duden online
• “Homo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache