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homem

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Galician

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Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *omine, from Latin hominem, accusative of homō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (earthling).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɔmeŋ/ [ˈɔ.mẽŋ]
    • Rhymes: -ɔmeŋ
    • Hyphenation: ho‧mem

    Noun

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    homem m (plural homens, reintegrationist norm)

    1. reintegrationist spelling of home

    References

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    • homem” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

    Portuguese

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    um homem

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Latin hominem (a human), from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (an earthling).

      Pronunciation

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      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈõ.mẽj̃/ [ˈõ.mẽɪ̯̃]
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo.mẽj̃/ [ˈo.mẽɪ̯̃]

      Noun

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      homem m (plural homens)

      1. male (human of masculine gender)
      2. (specifically) man (adult male human)
      3. a person; a human being
        Synonyms: humano, pessoa, ser humano
      4. (uncountable, with definite article o) mankind (the human race in its entirety)
        Synonym: humanidade
        O homem conquistará o espaço.
        Mankind shall conquer space.
      5. (vocative) used to address a male, implying impatience or disappointment
        Ainda não terminou, homem!
        You still haven't finished it, man!
      6. (colloquial, informal, with possessive pronoun) male lover
      7. (in compounds, fiction) a being who is half man and half creature, or a man with some characteristics of a creature
        homem-aranha
        spiderman
        homem-lobo
        werewolf

      Usage notes

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      • The letter H may be capitalized to emphasize the mankind sense.

      Quotations

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      For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.

      Synonyms

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      Hypernyms

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      Coordinate terms

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      Derived terms

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      Descendants

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      • Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi
      • Indo-Portuguese: homm
      • Kabuverdianu: ómi
      • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm
      • Kristang: omi
      • Macanese: home
      • Principense: omi
      • >? Saramaccan: ómi, wómi

      Adjective

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      homem m or f (plural homens)

      1. manly (displaying stereotypical characteristics of a male)
        Synonym: macho
        João não é muito homem; sempre foge às lutas.
        John isn’t very manly; he always runs away from fights.
        Seja homem e pule.
        Be a man and jump.
        Ele é mais homem que seus amigos.
        He is manlier than his friends.

      Quotations

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      For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.