Adjective: homem
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | homem |
| Singular f. | homem |
| Plural m. | homens |
| Plural f. | homens |
Sample Sentences
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João não é muito homem; foge sempre às lutas. (John isn’t very manly; he always runs away from fights.)
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Seja homem e pule. (Be a man and jump.)
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Ele é mais homem que seus amigos. (He is manlier than his friends.)
Adjectives inflected like homem
selvagem,
tupiniquim,
carmesim,
mirim,
bebum,
comum,
homem,
jovem,
msm,
verbatim,
sobrecomum,
incomum,
marrom,
marfim,
muslim,
carmim,
commum,
sefardim,
pixaim,
chinfrim, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
4. Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
5. Proto-Indo-European *-ō
6. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
7. Proto-Italic *hemō
8. Latin hemō
9. Latin hominem
10. Old Galician-Portuguese ome
11. Portuguese homem
12. 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”).
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