# homem
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *omine, from Latin hominem, accusative of homō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“earthling”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔmeŋ/ [ˈɔ.mẽŋ]
* Rhymes: -ɔmeŋ
* Hyphenation: ho‧mem

### Noun

homem m (plural homens, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of home

### References

* “homem” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Homem
* home (dialectal)
* homẽe (obsolete)
* homẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)
* hómi, hômi, ómi (eye dialect)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Latin hominem (“a human”), from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“an earthling”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈõ.mẽj̃/ [ˈõ.mẽɪ̯̃]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈõ.mẽj̃/ [ˈõ.mẽɪ̯̃]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈo.mẽj̃/ [ˈo.mẽɪ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔ.mɐ̃j̃/
* (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈɔ.mẽj̃/
* (dialectal Brazil) IPA: /ˈo.mi/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -õmẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɔmɐ̃j̃
* Hyphenation: ho‧mem

### Noun

homem m (plural homens)
* male (human of masculine gender)
    Synonym: varão
* (specifically) man (adult male human)
* a person; a human being
    Synonyms: humano, pessoa, ser humano
* (uncountable, with definite article o, often capitalized) mankind (the human race in its entirety)
    Synonym: humanidade
    O Homem conquistará o espaço.Mankind shall conquer space.
* (vocative) used to address a male, implying impatience or disappointment
    Ainda não terminou, homem!You still haven't finished it, man!
* (colloquial, informal, with possessive pronoun) male lover
* (in compounds, fiction) a being who is half man and half creature, or a man with some characteristics of a creature
    homem-aranhaspiderman
    homem-formigaantman

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.

#### Coordinate terms

* (human male): mulher

#### Derived terms

* abominável homem das neves
* como um só homem
* de homem para homem
* Deus homem
* homão (augmentative)
* homem ao mar
* homem das cavernas
* homem de armas
* homem de Deus
* homem de Estado
* homem de letras
* homem de Neandertal
* homem de negócios
* homem de palho
* homem do lixo
* homem do mar
* homem do saco
* homem-bala
* homem-bom
* homem-estátua
* homem-peixe
* homem-sanduíche
* homenzão (augmentative)
* homenzarrão (augmentative)
* homenzinho (diminutive)
* hominho (diminutive)
* semi-homem

#### Related terms

* homicida
* homicídio
* hominídeo
* hominoide
* homum
* homúnculo
* humanidade
* humano
* lobisomem

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi
* Indo-Portuguese: homm
* Kabuverdianu: ómi
* Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm
* Kristang: omi
* Macanese: home
* Principense: omi
* >? Saramaccan: ómi, wómi

### Adjective

homem m or f (plural homens)
* manly (displaying stereotypical characteristics of a male)
    Synonym: macho
    João não é muito homem; foge sempre às lutas.John isn’t very manly; he always runs away from fights.
    Seja homem e pule.Be a man and jump.
    Ele é mais homem que seus amigos.He is manlier than his friends.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.