homo

See also: HOMO, Homo, and homo-

English

Etymology 1

A clipping of words prefixed with homo-, from Ancient Greek ὁμο- (homo-, “same”): i.e. homogenized and homosexual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/, /ˈhɒm.əʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊməʊ

Noun

homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)

1. (colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of homosexual.
   • 1938, Cecil Day Lewis, Starting point‎^[1], page 127:

     "... He's a homo."
     "My dear Theo, at my age one can't worry about little details like that. Besides, he's got such a nice voice."

   I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.

2. (uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
   • 1956, Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station., Station bulletin‎^[2], page 25:

     One quart of homo wholesale in glass equals one quart equivalent. Certain modifications were made in these relatives to adjust for variations in units per ...

Translations

short form of homosexual

• Danish: homo (da) c
• Dutch: homo (nl) m
• Finnish: homo (fi)
• German: Homo (de)
• Hebrew: הומו (he)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: retkes buzi
• Indonesian: homo (id)
• Japanese: ホモ (ja) (homo)
• Latvian: homiķis m
• Russian: го́мик (ru) m (gómik)

homogenized milk with butterfat

• Finnish: homogenoitu maito
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ホモ牛乳 (homo gyūnyū)

Adjective

homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)

1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
2. (not comparable, Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
   • 1958, American milk review and milk plant monthly‎^[3], volume 20, page 190:

     Regular homo milk was being sold out of stores in half gallons for 33 cents against 44 cents on regular homo milk on home delivery.

Etymology 2

From Latin homo (“man, human”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)

1. A human.
   • 1850: "X-ing a Paragrab" by Edgar Allan Poe

     John, John, if you don't go you're no homo--no! You're only a fowl, an owl, a cow, a sow,--a doll, a poll; a poor, old, good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a Concord bog.

See also

• no homo

Anagrams

• Moho, moho

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Chickasaw

Verb

homo

1. to roof

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Czech

Etymology

Latin homo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦomo]

Noun

1. genus Homo, especially in informal and creative use
   • 1985, Listy:

     Tak sebou hni, ty moje malý homo sapiens! [...] můj malý homo!

   • 2008, Jekaterina Andrikanis, Homevideo I. - aneb Sám sobě režisérem:

     Zapnutím kamery vstoupil „homo natáčející“ do dialogu s „homo prohlížejícím“.

   Synonym: člověk

Usage notes

• Specialists usually use the capitalized translingual spelling Homo.

Related terms

• dehumanizace
• dehumanizovat
• hominid
• hominismus
• humanismus
• humanista
• humanistický
• humanita
• humanitarismus
• humanitární
• humanitní
• humanizace
• humanizovat
• humanoid
• humanoidní
• humánní

 

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:ASCS

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Dutch

Etymology

From homoseksueel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ho‧mo

Noun

homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n)

1. (neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual
2. (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur.

Usage notes

The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but the term, or its use in this way, can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage of English gay.

Derived terms

• homohuwelijk

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin homō. Compare Catalan home, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Romanian om, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhomo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Hyphenation: ho‧mo

• Audio:

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Noun

homo (accusative singular homon, plural homoj, accusative plural homojn)

1. a human being, person
   • 1933, La Sankta Biblio, (Evangelio laŭ Luko 4:4):

     Kaj Jesuo respondis al li: Estas skribite, Ne per la pano sole vivos homo.

     Then Jesus answered him, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone." (Luke 4:4)

Synonyms

• (in compounds) antropo

Hypernyms

• homedo (“hominid”)

Hyponyms

• femino, homino, virino (“woman”)
• viro (“man”)
• homido, infano (“child”)

Holonyms

• homaro (“humanity”)

Derived terms

• homaranismo (“doctrine of regarding all of humanity as one's kin”)
• homamaso (“crowd”)
• kavernhomo (“cave dweller”)
• neĝhomo (“snowperson”)
• prahomo (“a prehuman (neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, etc.)”)
• senhomejo (“uninhabited territory, no-man's-land”)

See also

homo

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Finnish

Noun

homo

1. gay man
2. (rarely) any gay person
3. (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur.

Usage notes

The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but either the term, or its use in this way, this can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage in Dutch.

Declension

Inflection of homo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		homo	homot
genitive		homon	homojen
partitive		homoa	homoja
illative		homoon	homoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		homo	homot
accusative	nom.	homo	homot
	gen.	homon
genitive		homon	homojen
partitive		homoa	homoja
inessive		homossa	homoissa
elative		homosta	homoista
illative		homoon	homoihin
adessive		homolla	homoilla
ablative		homolta	homoilta
allative		homolle	homoille
essive		homona	homoina
translative		homoksi	homoiksi
abessive		homotta	homoitta
instructive		—	homoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of homo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative homoni homoni accusative nom. homoni homoni gen. homoni genitive homoni homojeni partitive homoani homojani inessive homossani homoissani elative homostani homoistani illative homooni homoihini adessive homollani homoillani ablative homoltani homoiltani allative homolleni homoilleni essive homonani homoinani translative homokseni homoikseni abessive homottani homoittani instructive — — comitative — homoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative homosi homosi accusative nom. homosi homosi gen. homosi genitive homosi homojesi partitive homoasi homojasi inessive homossasi homoissasi elative homostasi homoistasi illative homoosi homoihisi adessive homollasi homoillasi ablative homoltasi homoiltasi allative homollesi homoillesi essive homonasi homoinasi translative homoksesi homoiksesi abessive homottasi homoittasi instructive — — comitative — homoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative homomme homomme accusative nom. homomme homomme gen. homomme genitive homomme homojemme partitive homoamme homojamme inessive homossamme homoissamme elative homostamme homoistamme illative homoomme homoihimme adessive homollamme homoillamme ablative homoltamme homoiltamme allative homollemme homoillemme essive homonamme homoinamme translative homoksemme homoiksemme abessive homottamme homoittamme instructive — — comitative — homoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative homonne homonne accusative nom. homonne homonne gen. homonne genitive homonne homojenne partitive homoanne homojanne inessive homossanne homoissanne elative homostanne homoistanne illative homoonne homoihinne adessive homollanne homoillanne ablative homoltanne homoiltanne allative homollenne homoillenne essive homonanne homoinanne translative homoksenne homoiksenne abessive homottanne homoittanne instructive — — comitative — homoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative homonsa homonsa accusative nom. homonsa homonsa gen. homonsa genitive homonsa homojensa partitive homoaan homoansa homojaan homojansa inessive homossaan homossansa homoissaan homoissansa elative homostaan homostansa homoistaan homoistansa illative homoonsa homoihinsa adessive homollaan homollansa homoillaan homoillansa ablative homoltaan homoltansa homoiltaan homoiltansa allative homolleen homollensa homoilleen homoillensa essive homonaan homonansa homoinaan homoinansa translative homokseen homoksensa homoikseen homoiksensa abessive homottaan homottansa homoittaan homoittansa instructive — — comitative — homoineen homoinensa

Synonyms

• (gay male): homomies, homopoika, hinttari (derogatory), hintti (derogatory), homppeli
• (gay female): lesbo
• (gay person): homoseksuaali

Derived terms

• homo-

Compounds

compounds

• homoavioliitto
• homobaari
• homoeroottinen
• homofobia
• homoikoni
• homoliitto
• homomies

• homopari
• homoseksuaali
• homoseksuaalinen
• homoseksuaalisuus
• homoseksualismi
• homoseksualisti

See also

• hintti
• homppeli
• miehimys

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin homō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).

Pronunciation

• (Savoyard dialect) IPA^(key): /ˈomo/
• (Bressan dialect) IPA^(key): /ˈumu/

Noun

homo m (plural homos)

1. man

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French

Etymology

Clipping of homosexuel.

Noun

homo m or f (plural homos)

1. gay (homosexual person, especially male)

Adjective

homo (plural homos)

1. gay, homo

Further reading

• “homo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto homo, from English human, French homme and humain, Italian uomo, Spanish hombre, from Latin homō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).

Noun

homo (plural homi)

1. human, man

Antonyms

• animalo (“animal”)

Derived terms

• homa (“human”)
• homala (“human”)
• homino (“female human”)
• homulo (“male human”)
• homaro (“mankind”)
• homeso (“humanity”)

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Italian

Noun

homo m (plural homini)

1. Obsolete spelling of omo.
   1. man, person
      • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎^[4], printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:

        Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora noſtra moꝛte coꝛᵱale, da la quale nullu hõ uiuẽte po ſkappare.

        Praised be you, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death, from whose embrace no living person can escape.

      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Inferno [Hell]”, in La divina commedia [The Divine Comedy]‎^[5], 1st edition, Foligno: Printed by Johannes Numeister and Evangelista Mei, published 1472, Canto I, lines 64-66:

        Quando uiddi cuſtui nel gran diſerto ¶ Miſerere di me gridai ad lui ¶ qual che tu ſii o ombra o homo certo

        When I beheld him in the desert vast, ¶ «Have pity on me», unto him I cried, ¶ «whiche'er thou art, or shade or real man!»

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Latin

duo hominēs (two people)

Etymology

From earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“earthling”), from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), whence Latin humus. Cognates include Old Lithuanian žmuõ (“man”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Old English guma (“man”).

See also nēmō (“no one”), from *ne hemō.

The phenomenon of a derivational relationship between the words for both earth and man is also seen in Semitic languages: Hebrew אָדָם (adám, “man”), אֲדָמָה (adamá, “soil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈho.moː/, [ˈhɔmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mo/, [ˈɔːmo]

• Audio (Classical):

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Noun

homō m (genitive hominis); third declension

1. a human being, a man (in the sense of human being), a person
   • Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

   Homō hominī lupus est.

   Man is a wolf to man.

   Alere nōlunt hominem edācem.

   They won't keep a greedy man.

   Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.

   Men learn while they teach.

2. sir

   Tū, homō, adigis mē ad īnsāniam.

   You, sir, are driving me insane.

3. (Medieval Latin) a husband

Usage notes

Claimed to be of epicene gender by several grammarians, albeit with limited external supporting evidence. Use of mulier is suggested as a counterpart with feminine adjectives, unless the meaning "a human being" is primarily intended.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	homō	hominēs
Genitive	hominis	hominum
Dative	hominī	hominibus
Accusative	hominem	hominēs
Ablative	homine	hominibus
Vocative	homō	hominēs

Derived terms

• ad hominem
• deushomō
• homō ego sum, homō tū es
• homō hominī lupus
• homō nūllīus colōris
• homullus (diminutive)
• homunciō (diminutive)
• homunculus (diminutive)
• hūmānitās
• hūmānus
• sēmihomō

 

Descendants

Descendants

Pronoun

homō

1. (indefinite) he, him, one, you, people
2. myself

References

• “homo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “homo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• homo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[6], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
    
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines huius aetatis, nostrae memoriae
    
  • that is the way of the world; such is life: sic vita hominum est
    
  • the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
    
  • what am I to do with this fellow: quid huic homini (also hoc homine) faciam?
    
  • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
    
  • my most intimate acquaintance: homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi
    
  • to be in every one's mouth: in ore omnium or omnibus (hominum or hominibus, but only mihi, tibi, etc.) esse
    
  • to be a subject for gossip: in sermonem hominum venire
    
  • the common opinion, the general idea: existimatio hominum, omnium
    
  • a devotee of pleasure; a self-indulgent man: homo voluptarius (Tusc. 2. 7. 18)
    
  • many men, many minds: quot homines, tot sententiae
    
  • within the memory of man: post hominum memoriam
    
  • within the memory of man: post homines natos
    
  • learned, scientific, literary men: homines litterarum studiosi
    
  • learned, scientific, literary men: homines docti
    
  • a man of learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
    
  • for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
    
  • to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
    
  • an accomplished dialectician: homo in dialecticis versatissimus
    
  • moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    
  • a conscientious historian: homo in historia diligens
    
  • a singer, member of a choir: (homo) symphoniacus
    
  • a wit; a joker: (homo) ridiculus (Plaut. Stich. 1. 3. 21)
    
  • a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo effrenatus, intemperans
    
  • a moral (immoral) man: homo bene (male) moratus
    
  • a depraved, abandoned character: homo perditus
    
  • a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
    
  • to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare
    
  • to unite isolated individuals into a society: dissipatos homines in (ad) societatem vitae convocare (Tusc. 1. 25. 62)
    
  • to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
    
  • business-men: homines negotii (always in sing.) gerentes
    
  • an experienced politician: homo in re publica exercitatus
    
  • a parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office): homo novus
    
  • people of every rank: homines omnis generis
    
  • people of every rank and age: homines omnium ordinum et aetatum
    
  • one of the people: homo plebeius, de plebe
    
  • a popular man: aurae popularis homo (Liv. 42. 30)
    
  • public opinion: existimatio populi, hominum
    
  • to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
    
  • men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
    
  • a democrat: homo popularis
    
  • a man who genuinely wishes the people's good: homo vere popularis (Catil. 4. 5. 9)
    
  • a democratic leader: homo florens in populari ratione
    
  • revolutionists: homines seditiosi, turbulenti or novarum rerum cupidi
    

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).

Adjective

homo (indeclinable)

1. homosexual, gay

Noun

homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoer, definite plural homoene)

1. a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person).

Synonyms

• homofil
• homse
• soper

Derived terms

• homodager
• homoekteskap
• homogutt

• homomarsj
• homoparade

Related terms

• bi
• homofili
• homoseksualitet

• lesbe
• lesbisk

References

• “homo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “homo” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).

Adjective

homo (indeclinable)

1. homosexual, gay

Noun

homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoar, definite plural homoane)

1. a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person).

Synonyms

• homofil
• homse
• sopar

Derived terms

• homoekteskap
• homomarsj
• homoparade

Related terms

• bi
• homofili
• homoseksualitet

• lesbe
• lesbisk

References

• “homo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Etymology

From Latin [Term?].

Noun

1. man; man child

Hyponyms

• viro

Related terms

• homa
• home

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Portuguese

Adjective

homo m or f (feminine homa, plural homo)

1. homosexual (involving or relating to homosexuals)

Synonyms

• homossexual, gay

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Spanish

Adjective

1. homo (homosexual)

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Swedish

Noun

homo c

1. homosexual

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

homo c (plural homo's)

1. homosexual, gay person

Derived terms

• homorjochten

Further reading

• “homo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011