homem

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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”).

    Pronunciation

    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

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Latin homō
      Old Galician-Portuguese ome
      Portuguese homem

      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

       

      Noun

      homem m (plural homens)

      2. male (human of masculine gender)
      4. (specifically) man (adult male human)
      6. a person; a human being
        Synonyms: humano, pessoa, ser humano
      8. (uncountable, with definite article o) mankind (the human race in its entirety)
        Synonym: humanidade
        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 letter H may be capitalized to emphasize the mankind sense.

      Quotations

      For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.

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      Descendants

      • Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi
      • Indo-Portuguese: homm
      • Kabuverdianu: ómi
      • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm
      • Kristang: omi
      • Macanese: home
      • Principense: omi
      • >? Saramaccan: ómi, wómi

      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.

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