homem

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

homem m (plural homens)

1. Alternative form of home

References

https://estraviz.org/homem

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Portuguese

Um homem

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mẽj̃/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mẽj̃/, [ˈõ̞.mẽ̞ɪ̯̃]
  • (Paulistano) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mẽj̃/
  • (non-standard) 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, sentence-final) 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

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

Descendants

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

Derived terms

• homenzinho, hominho, homúnculo (diminutives)
• homenzão, homão, homenzarrão (augmentatives)

• 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-peixe
• homem-sanduíche

Adjective

homem (plural homens, comparable)

2. manly (displaying stereotypical characteristics of a male)

   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.

Synonyms

• macho