"homo" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ [UK], /ˈhɒm.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more homo [comparative], most homo [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊməʊ Etymology: Clipping of homosexual. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|homosexual}} Clipping of homosexual Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)
  1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-homo-en-adj-xlE5vEum Disambiguation of LGBT: 33 6 15 14 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ [UK], /ˈhɒm.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homo.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊməʊ Etymology: Clipping of homogenized. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|homogenized}} Clipping of homogenized Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} homo (not comparable)
  1. (Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content. Tags: Canada, US, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-homo-en-adj-~k298kIC Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ [UK], /ˈhɒm.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: homos [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊməʊ Etymology: Clipping of homosexual. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|homosexual}} Clipping of homosexual Head templates: {{en-noun}} homo (plural homos)
  1. (colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of homosexual. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, derogatory, often Alternative form of: homosexual Categories (topical): LGBT Translations (short form of homosexual): 同志 (tóngzhì) (Chinese), homo [common-gender] (Danish), homo [masculine] (Dutch), homo (Finnish), Homo [masculine] (German), הומו (Hebrew), retkes buzi (Hungarian), homo (Indonesian), ホモ (homo) (Japanese), draucus [masculine] (Latin), homiķis [masculine] (Latvian), го́мик (gómik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-homo-en-noun-ItB2Ub9h Disambiguation of LGBT: 33 6 15 14 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ [UK], /ˈhɒm.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: homos [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊməʊ Etymology: Clipping of homogenized. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|homogenized}} Clipping of homogenized Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)
  1. (dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content. Tags: Canada, US, countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBT Translations (homogenized milk with butterfat): 均脂牛奶 (Chinese), homogenoitu maito (Finnish), ホモ牛乳 (homo gyūnyū) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-homo-en-noun-U58nYBkA Disambiguation of LGBT: 33 6 15 14 32 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 23 17 47 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ [UK], /ˈhɒm.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: homos [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊməʊ Etymology: From Latin homō̆ (“man, human”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. Doublet of hombre, ombre, and gome. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|homō̆||man, human}} Latin homō̆ (“man, human”), {{ll|mul|Homo sapiens}} Homo sapiens, {{doublet|en|hombre|ombre|gome}} Doublet of hombre, ombre, and gome Head templates: {{en-noun}} homo (plural homos)
  1. (nonstandard) A human. Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): LGBT, Milk
    Sense id: en-homo-en-noun-nVIcS8S2 Disambiguation of LGBT: 33 6 15 14 32 Disambiguation of Milk: 8 20 14 24 34 Related terms: omi, omee, ecce homo, homo Aristophaneus, homo faber, homo marriage, homo milk, homo negronus, homo negronus Americanus, homo oeconomicus, homo politicus, homo sacer, homo sapien, no homo, no promo homo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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