homosexual

Etymology
Borrowed from, from + , coined by  in 1868, and popularized in 's  (2nd ed. 1887, in German) and 's 1892 English translation thereof (compare ), displacing the slightly older term. Equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1)  Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay.
 * 2)  Between two people of the same sex; gay.
 * 3)  Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
 * 1)  Between two people of the same sex; gay.
 * 2)  Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
 * 1)  Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
 * 1)  Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
 * 1)  Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.

Usage notes

 * Many style guides and many gay people recommend against the use of the word "homosexual" because of its clinical and sometimes pejorative connotations, preferring the terms and (for women), and relationship descriptors like "same-sex relationship". Many consider it particularly pejorative when it is used as a noun, and prefer "gay man", "gay woman" (or "lesbian").
 * The first part of the word derives from the Greek word for "same", which is traditionally pronounced, unlike the Latin word , which is pronounced (RP). However, it is much more common to pronounce the first vowel as  (RP) /  (US) than as.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:homosexual
 * same-sex
 * same-sex

Antonyms

 * ,, See also Thesaurus:heterosexual

Translations

 * Arabic:, شَاذّ جِنْسِيًّا , لُوطِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: homoseksual
 * Belarusian: гамасексуа́льны, гомасексуа́льны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: bayot, bakla
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Coptic: ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, van de verkeerde kant
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Faroese: samkyndur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჰომოსექსუალი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: κίναιδος, λάσταυρος, βάταλος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: समलैंगिक
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: samkynhneigður
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: homosexual
 * Irish: homaighnéasach, aerach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: гомосексуалды
 * Khmer:
 * Ladino: omoseksual
 * Lao:, ຮັກຮ່ວມເພດ
 * Latin: cinaedus, cinaedicus, draucus, homosexualis
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: homoseksualus, homoseksuali
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: omosesswali
 * Marathi: समलिंगी
 * Norman: homosexuel
 * Norwegian: homoseksuell,
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: همجنسگرا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: समलिङ्गकामिन्
 * Scottish Gaelic:, co-ghnèitheach, gèidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: геј, хомосексуалан, лезбо
 * Roman:, , lezbo
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: รักร่วมเพศ,, ลักเพศ
 * Tigrinya: ግብረ ሰዶማዊ, ግብረ ሰዶማዊት
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: гомосексуа́льний
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ჰომოსექსუალური
 * Greek: ,
 * Kazakh: гомосексуалды
 * Latvian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: co-ghnèitheach, gèidh,
 * Slovak:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Kazakh: гомосексуалды
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: co-ghnèitheach,, gèidh
 * Slovak:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Malayalam: ,

Noun

 * 1)  A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

Usage notes

 * "Homosexual" as a noun is more often applied to males while females are more likely to be described as lesbians.
 * Many style guides and gay people advise against the use of "homosexual" as a noun; see the usage notes above.

Synonyms

 * This section is divided into two tables, one containing synonyms that generally are not derogatory and one containing those that generally are. However, note that the non-derogatory terms can nonetheless be used derogatorily, and that some of the derogatory ones are often used humorously and non-derogatorily by gay people and others.


 * of either sex:
 * only of men:
 * only of women:
 * only of men:
 * only of women:
 * only of men:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:


 * of either sex:
 * only of men:
 * only of women:
 * only of men:
 * only of women:
 * only of men:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:
 * only of women:

Translations

 * Afrikaans: homoseksueel
 * Albanian:, homo
 * Arabic: لُوطِيّ, شَاذّ جِنْسِيًا
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: homoseksual, homoseksualist
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: гамасэксуалі́ст, гей, лесбія́нка
 * Breton: heñvelrevel
 * Bulgarian:, гей
 * Burmese: ဂေး
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: bayot
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: homoseksuaal
 * Faroese: samkyndur
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჰომოსექსუალი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: κίναιδος, λάσταυρος, βάταλος, ἀρσενοκοίτης
 * Greenlandic: suiaaqatiminoortartoq, suiaqatiminik atoqateqartartoq, suiaqatinoortoq
 * Hawaiian: māhū
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: samkynhneigður,
 * Ido:,  ,  ,  ,
 * Indonesian: homosex
 * Interlingua: homosexual
 * Irish: homaighnéasach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kazakh: гомосексуалист
 * Khmer: មនុស្សប្រតិព័ទ្ធ មនុស្សភេទដូចគ្នា
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: кумса, гомосексуалист
 * Lao:
 * Latin: cinaedus, draucus, homosexualis
 * Latvian: ,
 * Lishana Deni: גיאול שרמיה
 * Lithuanian:, homoseksualė
 * Macedonian: хо́мосексуалец, геј, ле́збејка
 * Malayalam: സ്വവർഗാനുരാഗി
 * Maori: tōingo, takāpui, takatāpui, takatāpui tāne, takatāpui wahine
 * Mongolian: гомосекс
 * Navajo: nádleeh, ádadilʼínígíí, beełtʼéi yidánoolní
 * Norman: homosexuel, homosexuelle, lesbienne
 * Norwegian:,  homofil
 * Occitan:
 * Okinawan: 同性人, 同性ん人
 * Persian: همجنس‌گرا, هموسکسوئل
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,  ,  ,
 * Sami:
 * Inari: homoseksual
 * Northern: homofiila, homoseksuála
 * Skolt: homoseksuaal
 * Scots: buftie
 * Scottish Gaelic:, co-ghnèitheach, gèidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: геј, хомосексуалац, лезбејка
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak:, homosexuálka
 * Slovene:, homoseksuálca
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:, , ชายรักร่วมเพศ , หญิงรักร่วมเพศ
 * Tigrinya: ግብረ ሰዶመኛ, ግብረ ሰዶመኛዊት
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Turkmen: gomoseksual
 * Udmurt: гомосексуалист, аспалэс, аспал пи
 * Ukrainian: гомосексуалі́ст,, , лесбія́нка , лесбі́йка
 * Uzbek: gomoseksualist, gey
 * Vietnamese: giao hợp với người đồng tính
 * Welsh: gwrywgydiwr
 * Yiddish: האָמאָסעקסואַל

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