See also: homo, Homo, and HOMO

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Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, same).

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homo-

  1. Same, identical.
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Etymology 2 edit

From homosexual.

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homo-

  1. Of or pertaining to homosexuals or homosexuality.
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Etymology 3 edit

From homologue.

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homo-

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

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

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homo-

  1. homo- (same)
    Antonym: hetero-

Etymology 2 edit

From homosexual.

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homo-

  1. homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)

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Danish edit

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Second sense abstracted from homoseksualitet or homoseksuel.

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homo-

  1. same, homo-
  2. pertaining to homosexuality
    ægteskab (marriage) + ‎homo- → ‎homoægteskab (same-sex marriage)
    -fobi (-phobia) + ‎homo- → ‎homofobi (homophobia)

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

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homo-

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

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Finnish edit

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Internationalism (see English homo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhomo-/, [ˈho̞mo̞-]

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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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homo-

  1. homo- (same)
  2. (relational) homosexuality; homo-
  3. Alternative form of homéo-

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Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

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homo-

  1. homo- (same)
    Antonym: hetero-

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of homosexual.

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homo-

  1. homo- (relating to homosexuality)
    Antonym: hetero-

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From

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German edit

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  • hom- (before some vowel-initial roots)

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

Etymology 1 edit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, same).

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homo-

  1. homo- (same)
    Antonym: hetero-
    homo- + ‎sexuell (sexual) → ‎homosexuell (homosexual)

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of homosexuell.

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homo-

  1. homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)
    homo- + ‎Ehe (marriage) → ‎Homoehe (same-sex marriage)
    homo- + ‎-phobie (-phobia) → ‎Homophobie (homophobia)
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Further reading edit

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

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, same).

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  • IPA(key): [homo]
  • Hyphenation: ho‧mo

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homo-

  1. homo-: same, identical.

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Category Indonesian terms prefixed with homo- not found

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Latvian edit

Etymology edit

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

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homo-

  1. homo- (same)

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Polish edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós). Doublet of samo-.

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homo-

  1. homo-
    Synonym: samo-
    homo- + ‎chroniczny → ‎homochroniczny

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  • homo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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homo-

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

Spanish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

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homo-

  1. homo- (same)
    Antonym: hetero-

Etymology 2 edit

From homosexual.

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homo-

  1. homo- (relating to homosexuality)

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Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊmʊ/, /ˈhuːmʊ/

Etymology 1 edit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, same).

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homo-

  1. homo- (same)
    Antonym: hetero-
    homo- + ‎sexuell (sexual) → ‎homosexuell (homosexual)

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of homosexuell.

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homo-

  1. homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)
    homo- + ‎äktenskap (marriage) → ‎homoäktenskap (same-sex marriage)
    homo- + ‎-fobi (-phobia) → ‎homofobi (homophobia)