homo

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/, /ˈhɒm.əʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊməʊ === Etymology 1 === Clipping of homosexual. ==== Noun ==== homo (plural homos) (colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of homosexual. ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo) (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of homogenized. ==== Noun ==== homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos) (dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content. ===== Related terms ===== homo milk ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== homo (not comparable) (Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content. === Etymology 3 === From Latin homō (“man, human”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Doublet of gome, hombre, ombre, and omi. ==== Noun ==== homo (plural homos) (nonstandard) A human. ===== Related terms ===== ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === Moho, moho == Bongo == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔ̀mɔ̀/ === Noun === homo nose === References === Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan. == Chickasaw == === Etymology === From the same root as holmo (v1.), which is related to Choctaw holmo (“roof”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ho.mo/ === Verb === homo (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to roof, to put a roof on ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese ホモ (homo), itself a shortening of ホモセクシャル (homosekusharu, “homosexual”), from English homosexual. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === homo (Internet slang, humorous) gay Synonym: 木毛 (mùmáo) === Noun === homo (Internet slang, humorous) male homosexuality a gay, especially a male homosexual ==== Synonyms ==== 木毛 (mùmáo) === Proper noun === homo (Mainland China, Internet slang, humorous) alternative form of 鴻蒙 / 鸿蒙 (hóngméng, “HarmonyOS, Huawei's operating system”) ==== See also ==== 哄矇／哄蒙 (hǒngmēng) == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin homō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦomo] === Noun === homo n (indeclinable) genus Homo, especially in informal and creative use Synonym: člověk ==== Usage notes ==== Specialists usually use the capitalized translingual spelling Homo. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “homo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “homo”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995 == Dutch == === Alternative forms === (internet slang) heaumeau === Etymology === Clipping of homoseksueel and/or homofiel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦoː.moː/ Hyphenation: ho‧mo === Noun === homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n) (neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual (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 ==== == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Latin homō. Compare French homme, Italian uomo. Doublet of oni. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhomo/ Rhymes: -omo Syllabification: ho‧mo === Noun === homo (accusative singular homon, plural homoj, accusative plural homojn) a human being, person 1933, La Sankta Biblio, (Evangelio laŭ Luko 4:4): ==== Hypernyms ==== homedo (“hominid”) ==== Hyponyms ==== femino, homino, virino (“woman”) viro (“man”) homido, infano (“child”) ==== Holonyms ==== homaro (“humanity”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ido: homo === Further reading === “homo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “homo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present == Finnish == === Etymology === Clipping of homoseksuaali. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhomo/, [ˈho̞mo̞] Rhymes: -omo Syllabification(key): ho‧mo Hyphenation(key): ho‧mo === Noun === homo gay man Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo (rare) any gay person (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, 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === miehimys === Further reading === “homo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Franco-Provençal == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin homō. === Noun === homo m (plural homos) (ORB, broad) man Coordinate term: fèna (“woman”) ==== Derived terms ==== homâjo === References === homme in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca homo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == French == === Etymology === Clipping of homosexuel. === Pronunciation === === Noun === homo m or f by sense (plural homos) gay (homosexual person, especially male) === Adjective === homo (plural homos) gay, homo === Further reading === “homo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈho.mo/ === Noun === homo (plural homi) human, man ==== Antonyms ==== animalo (“animal”) ==== Derived terms ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English homo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ho.mo/ Hyphenation: ho‧mo === Noun === homo (plural homo-homo) (colloquial, offensive) gay; homosexual ==== Synonyms ==== maho (slang) jomok (slang) == Italian == === Noun === homo m (plural homini) obsolete spelling of omo (“man, person”) == Latin == === 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”) (whence English gome). See also nēmō (“no one”), from *ne hemō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɔ.moː], [ˈhɔ.mɔ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.mo] Note: iambic shortening of the final vowel before a following (primarily or secondarily) stressed syllable is very common, but in hexameter poetry this variation may simply have been lexicalised as arbitrary license. === Noun === homō̆ m (genitive hominis); third declension a human being, man, human, person a male human being, man (address) man, fellow, mate, pal, bud, partner, dude (a form of address to male peers, especially by another male) (address) used in the vocative expression "mi homo" as a form of address to a man by a woman (Medieval Latin) husband ==== Usage notes ==== Homo has the basic sense of "human being" and is often used generically to mean “Man” or “men” in the broad sense of "humanity", encompassing both male and female human beings. It is not typically used to specify or emphasize male as opposed to female sex: the usual terms to express “man” in the sense “male” are vir (“adult male human being”) or mās (“male”). There are rare examples in early Latin of homō being used in contrast to an explicitly female term such as mulier (“woman”), such as Plautus Cistellaria 723, but this only becomes frequent in late Latin. When referring to specific human beings, homō is more often applied to male rather than female persons in the corpus of ancient Latin texts. For Romans, the use of homō versus vir when referring to a male human being was influenced by the differing social connotations of the two words: vir tends to be reserved as a positive designation for men of the Roman upper class, whereas the more generic term homō is frequently used to refer to men of lower social orders or foreigners, and also to refer to upper class men in contexts where the positive connotations of vir would be out of place. For example, homō rather than vir tends to be used by Cicero in connection with pejorative adjectives. There seems to have been a similar distinction in social connotation between mulier (“woman”), the general word for 'woman' that could be used in neutral or negative contexts, and fēmina (“female, woman”), which had positive, aristocratic overtones when used as a designation for a woman. An instance of Cicero speaking of good and bad men using the nouns vir and homo respectively (Pro Caelio 12): Homo is claimed to be of common (epicene) gender by several grammarians, albeit with limited external supporting evidence - see quotations. When used with a modifier and referring to a woman, nevertheless agrees in the masculine gender (like German Mensch, Russian челове́к (čelovék)) (Charisius, GL I, p.102.20–103.1 = pp.130.19–31.2 B.). The alternative genitive singular form hominus is attested in Old Latin, with the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Hyponyms ==== mulier (“adult human woman”) vir (“adult human man”) (with connotations of freeborn status and possession of masculine virtues) fēmina (“female; woman”) (in Republican Latin, used especially to refer to women of social rank, functioning as a female counterpart of vir and a more respectful synonym of mulier) mās (“male”), masculus puella (“girl”) puer (“boy”) adulēscēns m or f (“adolescent”) iuvenis m or f (“youth”) senex m or f (“aged person; old man; old woman”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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, 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. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”). === Adjective === homo (indeclinable) homosexual, gay === Noun === homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoer, definite plural homoene) a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person). ==== Synonyms ==== homofil homse soper ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “homo” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “homo” in The Ordnett Dictionary == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”). === Adjective === homo (indeclinable) homosexual, gay === Noun === homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoar, definite plural homoane) a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person). ==== Synonyms ==== homofil homse sopar ==== Derived terms ==== homoekteskap homomarsj homoparade ==== Related terms ==== === References === “homo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ho‧mo === Adjective === homo (invariable) (derogatory) homosexual (involving or relating to homosexuals) Synonyms: homossexual, gay === Further reading === “homo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Clipping of homosexual. === Noun === homo m (plural homo) (slang) gay ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Adjective === homo (invariable) homo (homosexual) === Further reading === “homo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === homo c or n (colloquial, chiefly derogatory) a homo (homosexual) Synonym: bög === Adjective === homo (colloquial, only used predicatively) homosexual Synonym: homosexuell === See also === bi hetero === References === “homo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “homo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “homo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == 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) homosexual, gay person ==== Derived terms ==== homorjochten ==== Further reading ==== “homo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011