homely
Signification (Anglais)
- Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy.
- (Canada, US) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.
- (UK, dialectal) On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate.
- (UK, dialectal) Domestic; tame.
- (UK, dialectal) Personal; private.
- (UK, dialectal) Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial.
- (India) Conservative and family-oriented.
- Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned.
Concepts
peu attrayant
agréable à habiter
Opposé de
comely
Synonymes
Demotic
ugly-looking
poor shape
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈhəʊmli/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English homly, hoomly, hamely (“domestic, familiar, plain, unattractive”), from Old English *hāmlīċ (“of the home, domestic”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk (“of or characteristic of home”), equivalent to home + -ly. Cognate with Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”), West Frisian heimelik, Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”), German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”), Danish hemmelig (“secret”), Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”), Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”), Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”).
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