homo-

See also: homo, Homo, and HOMO

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).

Prefix

homo-

1. same

Antonyms

• hetero-

Derived terms

► English words prefixed with homo-

Translations

Same

• Catalan: homo- (ca)
• French: homo- (fr)
• Galician: homo- (gl)
• German: homo- (de)
• Greek: ομο- (el) (omo-), ομό- (el) (omó-)

• Latvian: homo-
• Lithuanian: homo-
• Polish: homo- (pl), izo- (pl)
• Portuguese: homo- (pt)
• Russian: гомо- (ru) (gomo-)
• Spanish: homo- (es)

Etymology 2

From homosexual.

Prefix

homo-

1. Of or pertaining to homosexuals or homosexuality.

Derived terms

• homoerotic
• homophobia

Etymology 3

From homologue.

Prefix

homo-

1. (organic chemistry) Used to form the names of compounds derived from simpler ones by addition of a methylene group.

Derived terms

• homophenylalanine (and many more)

See also

• nor-

Anagrams

• Moho, moho

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same)

   Antonym: hetero-

Etymology 2

From homosexual.

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)

Derived terms

► Catalan words prefixed with homo-

Further reading

• “homo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “homo-” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “homo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “homo-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Danish

Etymology

Second sense abstracted from homoseksualitet or homoseksuel.

Prefix

homo-

1. same, homo-
2. pertaining to homosexuality

   ‎ægteskab (“marriage”) + ‎homo- → ‎homoægteskab (“same-sex marriage”)

   ‎-fobi (“-phobia”) + ‎homo- → ‎homofobi (“homophobia”)

Derived terms

► Danish words prefixed with homo-

Further reading

• “homo-” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

A clipping of words formed from Greek ὁμο- (homo-, meaning same).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same)
2. homo- (pertaining to homosexuality)

Derived terms

► Dutch words prefixed with homo-

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Finnish

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same; only in loanwords directly adapted from a term in which "homo-" appears in this sense, e.g. homogeeninen, homoseksuaali, homonyymi)
2. homo-, gay (homosexual; with common language words, e.g. homobaari, homoliitto, homomies)

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French

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same)
2. homo- (pertaining to homosexuality)
3. Alternative form of homéo-

Derived terms

► French words prefixed with homo-

Further reading

• “homo-” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same)

   Antonym: hetero-

Etymology 2

Clipping homosexual

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (relating to homosexuality)

   Antonym: hetero-

Derived terms

► Galician words prefixed with homo-

Further reading

• “homo-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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German

Alternative forms

• hom- (before some vowel-initial roots)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈho(ː)mo/
• Hyphenation: ho‧mo-

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same)

   ‎homo- + ‎sexuell (“sexual”) → ‎homosexuell (“homosexual”)

   Antonym: hetero-

Etymology 2

Clipping of homosexuell.

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)

   ‎homo- + ‎Ehe (“marriage”) → ‎Homoehe (“same-sex marriage”)

   ‎homo- + ‎-phobie (“-phobia”) → ‎Homophobie (“homophobia”)

Derived terms

► German words prefixed with homo-

Further reading

• homo- in Duden online
• “homo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”); found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese homo-, Italian omo-).

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same)

Derived terms

► Latvian words prefixed with homo-

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Portuguese

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same; identical)
2. homo- (relating to homosexuals)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (same)

   Antonym: hetero-

Etymology 2

From homosexual

Prefix

homo-

1. homo- (relating to homosexuality)

Derived terms

► Spanish words prefixed with homo-

Further reading

• “homo-” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.