"homie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhəʊmi/ [UK], /ˈhoʊmi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homie.wav Forms: homies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmi Etymology: Earliest known reference is in the 1946 tune by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, "The House of Blue Lights," when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie. Etymology templates: {{af|en|home|-ie|id2=diminutive}} home + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} homie (plural homies)
  1. (African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown. Translations (a friend; somebody one often hangs out with): maat [masculine] (Dutch), kamu [slang] (Finnish), pote [feminine, masculine] (French), gros [masculine, slang] (French), colega [masculine] (Galician), compañeiro [masculine] (Galician), Kumpel [masculine] (German), סַחְְבָּק (sáẖbaq) [masculine, slang] (Hebrew), pajtás (Hungarian), haver (Hungarian), cimbora (Hungarian), barát (Hungarian), félagi [masculine] (Icelandic), chargie (Jamaican Creole), ба́тка (bátka) [masculine] (Macedonian), mano [masculine] (Portuguese), кореш (koreš) (Russian), cuate [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), socio [masculine] (Spanish), compadre [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), compinche [Latin-America] (Spanish), (Sinaloa) camarada [masculine, regional, slang] (Spanish), consorte [Cuba] (Spanish), kompis [common-gender] (Swedish), polare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-homie-en-noun--OP7IgrF Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address, English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Jamaican Creole translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 18 24 25 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 43 16 22 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive): 48 27 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 21 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 17 25 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 15 22 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 56 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 19 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 57 19 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 51 19 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 54 18 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 51 19 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Jamaican Creole translations: 61 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 21 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 56 18 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 62 16 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 19 30 Disambiguation of 'a friend; somebody one often hangs out with': 50 31 18
  2. (African-American Vernacular) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
    Sense id: en-homie-en-noun-v9aGxZ8P Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
  3. (African-American Vernacular) An inner-city youth. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-homie-en-noun-tUfj~KcO Disambiguation of People: 23 20 41 15 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: homey, homee Synonyms (friend): homeboy, homeskillet, nigga (english: African American Vernacular English), friend Derived forms: homiecide
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'friend': 47 53 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈhəʊmi/ [UK], /ˈhoʊmi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homie.wav Forms: homies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmi Etymology: Variant spelling of Polari (early-to-mid 20th-century British English cant/slang popular among gay men) omi (“man, bloke”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} homie (plural homies)
  1. (Polari) Alternative spelling of omi (“man”) Tags: Polari, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: omi (extra: man) Synonyms (man): man
    Sense id: en-homie-en-noun-oLRyRImc Categories (other): Polari
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Hey there, Francis, my homie!",
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        "(African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hey there, Francis, my homie!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Yo, homie!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "youth",
          "youth"
        ],
        [
          "gang",
          "gang"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inner-city youth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inner-city",
          "inner-city"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular) An inner-city youth."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊmi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homie.wav",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊmi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊmi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "friend",
      "word": "homeboy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "friend",
      "word": "homeskillet"
    },
    {
      "english": "African American Vernacular English",
      "sense": "friend",
      "word": "nigga"
    },
    {
      "sense": "friend",
      "word": "friend"
    },
    {
      "word": "homey"
    },
    {
      "word": "homee"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "kamu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pote"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "gros"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colega"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compañeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kumpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sáẖbaq",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "סַחְְבָּק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "word": "pajtás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "word": "haver"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "word": "cimbora"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "word": "barát"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "félagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "word": "chargie"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bátka",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koreš",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "word": "кореш"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "socio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compadre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ],
      "word": "compinche"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "regional",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "(Sinaloa) camarada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "Cuba"
      ],
      "word": "consorte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kompis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a friend; somebody one often hangs out with",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "polare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "homie"
}

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    "English endearing terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms of address",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊmi",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊmi/2 syllables",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Variant spelling of Polari (early-to-mid 20th-century British English cant/slang popular among gay men) omi (“man, bloke”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "homies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "homie (plural homies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "man",
          "word": "omi"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Polari"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Rictor Norton, quoting Peter Burton, The Gentle Art of Confounding Naffs, quoted in Myth of the Modern Homosexual, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN, page 115:",
          "text": "As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of omi (“man”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "omi",
          "omi#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Polari) Alternative spelling of omi (“man”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Polari",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊmi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊmi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊmi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "man",
      "word": "man"
    }
  ],
  "word": "homie"
}

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