Homo

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Etymology 2 Esperanto 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived words 2.1.2 See also 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.1.2 Derived terms 4 Latin 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Translations 4.2 Derived words

English

Noun

homo, plural homos

1. (derogatory slang) abbreviation for homosexual

Etymology

From homo + sexual. homo is NOT from Latin homo, which means man in the sense of human being, but from Greek homo-, same. sexual is from Latin sexualis, from sex.

Esperanto

Noun

homo (Plural: homoj, Diminutive: hometo)

1. A human being, person

Derived words

homaro : humanity

See also

 homo

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Finnish

Noun

homo

1. gay man
2. (rarely) any gay person

Synonyms

• (gay man): fägäri (derogatory), hinttari (derogatory), hintti (derogatory), homppeli

Derived terms

• homobaari
• homomies

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Latin

Noun

homo m, genitive hominis, plural homines

1. A human being, a man (in the sense of human being), person

   homo homini lupus man (behaves like) a wolf to a man

Translations

• Slovak: človek m
• Spanish: gente, hombre

Derived words

• ad hominem
• homunculus
• humanitas
• humanus

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