hombre
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Spanish hombre (“man; human being”), from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, accusative of homō (“a human being, a person”), from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒmbɹeɪ/, /-bɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑmbɹeɪ/, /-bɹi/
- Hyphenation: hom‧bre
Noun[edit]
hombre (plural hombres)
- (chiefly US, in Spanish-speaking contexts, slang) A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man.
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He's one tough hombre.
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Further reading[edit]
Aragonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Navarro-Aragonese hombre (“man”), from Latin homo, hominem (“man”).
Noun[edit]
hombre m
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hombre m (plural hombres)
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin homo, hominem (“man”).
Noun[edit]
hombre m
- man
- SEGVNT QVE HAVE mos ſeydo en muytos liuros el primo hombŕ q̃ se poblo en España hauia nombre Tubaſ .del qual yxio la geuacon dlos ybers . [1]
Descendants[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Through dissimilation from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, accusative of homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). Same source as the form omo (which does not exhibit diphthongisation). Compare Portuguese homem and Catalan home.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hombre m (plural hombres)
- Man, in the sense of adult male human.
- Man, in the sense of all humans collectively; mankind, humankind.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) man, in the sense of an individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina.
- (colloquial) Husband.
- a top in male-male sex.
- a 17th century card game also called ombre.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Interjection[edit]
¡hombre!
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