homosexual
English
/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, /ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, /ˌhoʊməˈsɛkʃuːəl/
adj
Definitions
- (of a person or animal) Possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction towards members of the same sex. Examples being a male androphile or a female gynephile. Sometimes used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two people of the same gender-area; gay.
- Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Homosexual.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Homosexual
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-homosexualism English
- antihomosexual English
- antihomosexuality English
- homo- English
- homomorphous English
- homoousian English
- homosexualisation English
- homosexualise English
- homosexualism English
- homosexualist English
- homosexuality English
- homosexualization English
- homosexualize English
- homosexually English
- homosexualness English
- nonhomosexual English
- pseudohomosexual English
- pseudohomosexuality English
- sexuality English
- homophylophilia Latin
- homosexualitas Latin
- sexualis Latin
- sexus Latin
- Homosexual German
- homo- German
- homosexuell German
- omo- Italian
- homosexuel French
- homosexuellement French
- гомосексуалист Russian
- омо́ним Russian
- homo- Spanish, Castilian
- ὁμαιχμία Ancient Greek
- ὁμηγερής Ancient Greek
- ὁμογενής Ancient Greek
- ὁμοκλέω Ancient Greek
- ὁμολογέω Ancient Greek
- ὁμόγραφος Ancient Greek
- ὁμός Ancient Greek
- ὁμῶς Ancient Greek
- ὅμιλος Ancient Greek
- ὅμοιος Ancient Greek
- ὅμορος Ancient Greek
- *somHós Proto-Indo-European
- homo- Catalan, Valencian
- homo- Galician
- ομο- Greek (modern)
- homosex Indonesian
- homeosexuala Ido
- homeosexualo Ido
- homoseksüel Turkish
- homosexuel Norman
- homoseksual Azerbaijani
- homoseksuallıq Azerbaijani
- הומוסקסואלי Hebrew (modern)
- הומוסקסואליות Hebrew (modern)