homem

Galician

Etymology

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”).

Noun

homem m (plural homens, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of home

References

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

Portuguese

Um homem

Alternative forms

• home (dialectal)
• homẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)
• ómi (eye dialect)
• hómi (eye dialect)
• hômi (eye dialect)

Etymology

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

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mɐ̃j̃/

• (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mẽj̃/
• (dialectal Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mi/
• Hyphenation: ho‧mem

Noun

homem m (plural homens)

2. male (human of masculine gender)
4. (specifically) man (adult male human)
6. a person; a human being
8. (uncountable, with definite article o) mankind (the human race in its entirety)

   O homem conquistará o espaço.

   Mankind shall conquer space.

10. (vocative) used to address a male, implying impatience or disappointment

    Ainda não terminou, homem!

    You still haven’t finished it, man!

11. (colloquial, informal, with possessive pronoun) male lover
13. (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

• The H can be capitalized to emphasize the mankind sense.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.

Synonyms

• (mankind): humanidade
• (human male): cara (slang), varão
• (adult male human): varão
• (human being): humano, pessoa, ser humano
• (manly man): macho
• (addresses a male, implying impatience): homem de Deus

Hypernyms

• (adult male human): adulto

Coordinate terms

• (human male): mulher

Derived terms

• como um só homem
• de homem para homem
• Deus homem
• homem ao mar!
• homem-bala
• homem das cavernas
• homem de Deus
• homem do mar
• homem do saco
• homem-peixe
• homem-sanduíche
• homenzarrão (augmentative), homenzão (augmentative), homão (augmentative)
• homenzinho (diminutive), hominho (diminutive)
• homúnculo

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi
• Indo-Portuguese: homm
• Kabuverdianu: ómi
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm
• Kristang: omi
• Macanese: home
• Principense: omi
• Saramaccan: womi

Adjective

homem m or f (plural homens)

2. 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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.