Homo
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin homō (“human being, man”).
Pronunciation
- English:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
Proper noun
Homo m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of human, all but one of which is extinct.
- 2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):
- Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.
- 2016 June 9, James Griffiths, “This is how the ‘Hobbits’ of Indonesia became so small”, in CNN[1] (in English):
- Discoverer Mike Morwood proposed that it was a shrunken Homo erectus, the same species that eventually evolved to become us; others suggested the Hobbits were descended from smaller, more primitive early humans such as Homo habilis or Australopithecus.
Synonyms
- †Africanthropus, Anthropus, †Archanthropus, †Atlanthropus, †Cyphanthropus, †Europanthropus, †Javanthropus, †Kenyanthropus, †Maueranthropus, †Meganthropus, †Nipponanthropus, †Notanthropus, †Palaeanthropus, Pithecanthropus, †Praehomo, †Proanthropus, †Pseudhomo, †Sinanthropus, †Tchadanthropus, †Telanthropus
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Homininae – subfamily; Hominini – tribe; Hominina – subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Homo sapiens – sole extant species
- Homo antecessor, Homo cepranensis, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo floresiensis, Homo gautengensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo microcranous, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis (syn. Homo stupidus), Homo orientalis, Homo platyops, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis – extinct species
Translations
References
- Homo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Homo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Homo by species on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Homo at Paleobiology Database
German
Etymology
Clipping of Homosexueller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːmo/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ho‧mo
Noun
Homo m (strong, genitive Homos, plural Homos)
- (informal, derogatory) homosexual, gay
- Synonyms: Homosexueller, Schwuler, Schwuchtel, Schwuli
- Antonym: Hete f
Declension
Declension of Homo [masculine, strong]