homosexual
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from German homosexual, from homo- (“same”) + sexual (“relating to sex or sexuality”), coined by Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1868, and popularized in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis (2nd ed. 1887, in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof (compare bisexual), displacing the slightly older term Uranian. Equivalent to homo- + -sexual.
Affixes: homo-
-sexual
Inflected forms:
form: more homosexual
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most homosexual
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: homosexuals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to other men or a woman who is attracted to other women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
pos: adj
tags: formal
examples: No, it wouldn't make a difference if the applicant was homosexual.
[H]e said he had never noticed anything homosexual in himself.
"Significant results indicate that Swedes would choose a more masculine partner the more homosexual they are, and that Finns would choose a more attractive partner the more homosexual they are."
gloss: Between two people of the same sex; gay.
pos: adj
tags: formal
examples: Most western countries have repealed laws against homosexual activity between consenting adults.
Shatner: Have you ever had a homosexual experience?
Maher: No. Why, are you...? But it's early!
gloss: Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
pos: adj
tags: dated
examples: A petition drive to close all homosexual establishments in response to an assumed general AIDS contagion was begun in late October, according to The Weekly News of Miami.
gloss: A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
pos: noun
examples: It must not be understood that homosexuality is confined to women. Relationships of this type exist also among men, and in taki-taki are to be found words which are specific designations for male homosexuals, who are termed hantimąn, or awɛge.
Soon, we got up, walked around the west side — toward the "meat rack" — the gay part of the park. There, it was as if someone had hung a line of marionettes on the railing: the lonesome young homosexuals, legs dangling, looking, waiting for that one-night's sexual connection...
It was unheard-of for those of us who are 30-something or older to have had an openly gay role model when we were young. Homosexuals weren't depicted in the media in a positive light, if at all.
Synonyms: homophile
homosexual
like that
queer
similisexual
that way
Antonyms: heterosexual
straight
hetero
Related words: dykey
same-sex
gay man
gay woman
happy
homosexual person
Derived words: antihomosexual
Cuomosexual
fauxmosexual
globohomo
Homintern
homocapitalism
Homocaust
homocon
homocrat
Homocrat
homosexless
homosexualisation
homosexualise
homosexualism
homosexualist
homosexuality
homosexualization
homosexualize
homosexually
homosexual marriage
homosexualness
homosexual panic defense
homosexual transsexual
I'm homosexual
nonhomosexual
pseudohomosexual
queerosexual
sinthomosexual
homo
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مِثْلِيّ الْجِنْس
roman: miṯliyy al-jins
lang: Arabic
word: مِثْلِيّ
roman: miṯliyy
lang: Arabic
word: شَاذّ جِنْسِيًّا
roman: šāḏḏ jinsiyyan
lang: Arabic
word: لُوطِيّ
roman: lūṭiyy
lang: Armenian
word: միասեռական
roman: miaseṙakan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: homoseksual
lang: Belarusian
word: гамасексуа́льны
roman: hamasjeksuálʹny
lang: Belarusian
word: гомасексуа́льны
roman: homasjeksuálʹny
lang: Bulgarian
word: хомосексуа́лен
roman: homoseksuálen
lang: Catalan
word: homosexual
lang: Cebuano
word: bayot
lang: Cebuano
word: bakla
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 同性戀的 /同性恋的
roman: tóngxìngliàn de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 同性的
roman: tóngxìng de
lang: Coptic
word: ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ
roman: labote
lang: Coptic
word: ⲗⲁⲃⲟϯ
roman: laboti
lang: Czech
word: homosexuální
lang: Danish
word: homoseksuel
lang: Dutch
word: homoseksueel
lang: Dutch
word: van de verkeerde kant
lang: Esperanto
word: samseksema
lang: Esperanto
word: samseksama
lang: Faroese
word: samkyndur
lang: Finnish
word: homoseksuaalinen
lang: Finnish
word: homo
lang: French
word: homosexuel
lang: French
word: homosexuelle
lang: Galician
word: homosexual
lang: Georgian
word: ჰომოსექსუალი
roman: homoseksuali
lang: German
word: homosexuell
lang: German
word: schwul
lang: Greek
word: ομοφυλόφιλος
roman: omofylófilos
lang: Greek
word: ομοφυλόφιλη
roman: omofylófili
lang: Greek
word: γκέι
roman: gkéi
lang: Greek
word: λεσβιακή
roman: lesviakí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κίναιδος
roman: kínaidos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λάσταυρος
roman: lástauros
lang: Ancient Greek
word: βάταλος
roman: bátalos
lang: Hebrew
word: הוֹמוֹסֶקְסוּאָל
roman: homoseksuál
lang: Hindi
word: समलैंगिक
roman: samlaiṅgik
lang: Hungarian
word: homoszexuális
lang: Icelandic
word: samkynhneigður
lang: Ido
word: homeosexuala
lang: Indonesian
word: homoseksual
lang: Interlingua
word: homosexual
lang: Irish
word: homaighnéasach
lang: Irish
word: aerach
lang: Italian
word: omosessuale
lang: Japanese
word: 同性愛者
roman: dōseiaisha
lang: Kazakh
word: гомосексуалды
roman: gomoseksualdy
lang: Khmer
word: ខ្ទើយ
roman: ktəəy
lang: Ladino
word: omoseksual
lang: Lao
word: ກະເທີຍ
roman: ka thœ̄i
lang: Lao
word: ຮັກຮ່ວມເພດ
roman: hak hūam phēt
lang: Latin
word: cinaedus
lang: Latin
word: cinaedicus
lang: Latin
word: draucus
lang: Latin
word: homosexualis
lang: Latvian
word: homoseksuāls
lang: Lithuanian
word: homoseksualus
lang: Lithuanian
word: homoseksuali
lang: Malay
word: homoseksual
lang: Maltese
word: omosesswali
lang: Māori
word: takatāpui
lang: Marathi
word: समलिंगी
roman: samliṅgī
lang: Norman
word: homosexuel
lang: Norwegian
word: homoseksuell
lang: Norwegian
word: homo
lang: Occitan
word: omosexual
lang: Persian
word: همجنسگرا
roman: hamjensgarâ
lang: Polish
word: homoseksualny
lang: Portuguese
word: homossexual
lang: Romanian
word: homosexual
lang: Russian
word: гомосексуа́льный
roman: gomosɛksuálʹnyj
lang: Sanskrit
word: समलिङ्गकामिन्
roman: samaliṅgakāmin
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: co-sheòrsach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: co-ghnèitheach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gèidh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: геј
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хомосексуалан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: лезбо
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gej
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: homoseksualan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lezbo
lang: Slovak
word: homosexuálny
lang: Spanish
word: homosexual
lang: Swahili
word: shoga
lang: Swedish
word: homosexuell
lang: Thai
word: รักร่วมเพศ
roman: rák-rûuam-pêet
lang: Thai
word: แต๋ว
roman: dtɛ̌o
lang: Thai
word: ลักเพศ
roman: lák-gà-pêet
lang: Tigrinya
word: ግብረ ሰዶማዊ
roman: gəbrä sädomawi
lang: Tigrinya
word: ግብረ ሰዶማዊት
roman: gəbrä sädomawit
lang: Turkish
word: eş cinsel
lang: Turkish
word: homoseksüel
lang: Ukrainian
word: гомосексуа́льний
roman: homoseksuálʹnyj
lang: Vietnamese
word: đồng tính
lang: Vietnamese
word: đồng tính luyến ái
lang: Welsh
word: cyfunrhywiol