omosessuale
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From omo- + sessuale; cf. Latin homosexuālis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌo.mo.ses.suˈa.le/, /ˌo.mo.sesˈswa.le/, (traditional) /ˌɔ.mo.ses.suˈa.le/[1][2]
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: o‧mo‧ses‧su‧à‧le, o‧mo‧ses‧suà‧le
Adjective edit
omosessuale (plural omosessuali)
Noun edit
omosessuale m or f by sense (plural omosessuali)
- homosexual
- Synonyms: (derogatory; used only of men in Liguria) buliccio, (derogatory; used only of men) checca, (derogatory; used only of men) culattone, (derogatory; used only of men) finocchio, (derogatory; used only of men) frocio, gay, (derogatory; dated psychological term) invertito, (used only of women) lesbica, omosex, (derogatory; used only of men in Southern Italy) ricchione, (derogatory; used only of men) sodomita
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ omosessuale in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ omosessuale in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication