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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “identical”): hetero-
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Same
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From homosexual.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- Of or pertaining to homosexuals or homosexuality.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From homologue.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- (organic chemistry) Used to form the names of compounds derived from simpler ones by addition of a methylene group.
Derived terms
[edit]- homophenylalanine (and many more)
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Etymology 2
[edit]From homosexual.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “homo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “homo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Second sense abstracted from homoseksualitet or homoseksuel.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- same, homo-
- pertaining to homosexuality
- ægteskab (“marriage”) + homo- → homoægteskab (“same-sex marriage”)
- -fobi (“-phobia”) + homo- → homofobi (“homophobia”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “homo-” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A clipping of words formed from Greek ὁμο- (homo-, meaning same).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English homo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (same; only in loanwords directly adapted from a term in which "homo-" appears in this sense, e.g. homogeeninen, homoseksuaali, homonyymi)
- homo-, gay (homosexual; with common language words, e.g. homobaari, homoliitto, homomies)
French
[edit]Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (same)
- (relational) homosexuality; homo-
- Alternative form of homéo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “homo-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Etymology 2
[edit]Clipping of homosexual.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Derived terms
[edit]From
.
Further reading
[edit]- “homo-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hom- (before some vowel-initial roots)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (same)
- Antonym: hetero-
- homo- + sexuell (“sexual”) → homosexuell (“homosexual”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Clipping of homosexuell.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)
- homo- + Ehe (“marriage”) → Homoehe (“same-sex marriage”)
- homo- + -phobie (“-phobia”) → Homophobie (“homophobia”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo-: same, identical.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Category Indonesian terms prefixed with homo- not found
Further reading
[edit]- “homo-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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-).
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (same)
Derived terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós). Doublet of samo-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /xɔ.mɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔmɔ
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo-
- Synonym: samo-
- homo- + chroniczny → homochroniczny
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- homo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Etymology 2
[edit]From homosexual.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (relating to homosexuality)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “homo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (same)
- Antonym: hetero-
- homo- + sexuell (“sexual”) → homosexuell (“homosexual”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Clipping of homosexuell.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
- homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)
- homo- + äktenskap (“marriage”) → homoäktenskap (“same-sex marriage”)
- homo- + -fobi (“-phobia”) → homofobi (“homophobia”)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Doublet of hem.
Prefix
[edit]homo-
Category Turkish terms prefixed with homo- not found
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