hombre
Meaning
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- (masculine) man, (adult male human)
- (masculine) man, (all humans collectively); mankind, humankind
- (masculine) man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina)
- (colloquial,masculine) husband
- (masculine,slang) top
- (masculine) ombre (Spanish card game)
Concepts
man
male
husband
human being
human
person
fellow
hubby
humankind
mankind
individual
Man
bloke
guy
youth
adult
jack
American Indian
indigenous
people
Gee
Crikey
Blimey
homo
human beings
human race
humanity
humans
world
married man
adult male
were-
manacles
spouse
wife
figure
resident
single
soul
modern human
modern human being
Frequency
Hyphenated as
hom‧bre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈombɾe/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). The Old Spanish form omne was first dissimilated to omre and then a gliding sound -b- arose before the -r-. Compare the same development in hambre and nombre.
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