Homo

See also: homo, HOMO, and homo-

Translingual

Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis, comparison of skulls

Etymology

From Latin homō (“human being, man”).

Proper noun

Homo m

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

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

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)

• (extinct species) Homo antecessor, Homo cepranensis, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo floresiensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo microcranous, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo orientalis, Homo platyops, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis

Translations

genus

• Greek: άνθρωπος (el) (ánthropos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: лю́ди (ru) (ljúdi)

References

• Homo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Homo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Homo by species on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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German

Etymology

Clipping of Homosexueller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːmo/
• Hyphenation: Ho‧mo

Noun

Homo m (genitive Homos, plural Homos)

1. (informal, derogatory) homosexual, gay

   Synonyms: Homosexueller, Schwuler

   Antonym: Hete

Derived terms

• Homoehe

Further reading

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