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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Homosexual, from homo- (“same”) + sexual (“relating to sex or sexuality”), coined by Karl-Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and popularized in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 Psychopathia Sexualis (in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof (compare bisexual), displacing the slightly older term Uranian. Equivalent to homo- +? -sexual.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation):
  • IPA^(key): /?h?m???s?ksju??l/, /?h?m???s?k?u??l/
  • IPA^(key): /?h??m???s?ksju??l/, /?h??m???s?k?u??l/
• (US):
  • enPR: h?'m?-s?k?sho?o-?l, h?'m?-s?k?sho?o-?l, IPA^(key): /?ho?m??s?k?u??l/, /?ho?mo??s?k?u??l/

Adjective

homosexual (comparative more homosexual, superlative most homosexual)

1. (of a person or animal) Sexually (and/or romantically) attracted to members of the same sex, for example, like a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women. (Sometimes used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
2. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two people of the same sex; gay.

   My sister is currently in a homosexual relationship with a girl in her class.

   homosexual acts, a homosexual kiss

3. 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 gay and (for women) lesbian, 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 /?h?m??/, unlike the Latin word homo (“man, human being”), which is pronounced /?h??m??/ (RP). However, it is much more common to pronounce the first vowel as /??/ (RP) / /o?/ (US) than as /?/.

Synonyms

• (all senses): gay, lesbian (used only of women)
• (attracted to members of the same sex): See Thesaurus:homosexual
• (between people of the same sex): same-sex

Antonyms

• heterosexual, straight, See also Thesaurus:heterosexual

Hyponyms

• heteroflexible
• homoflexible

Coordinate terms

• (of humans): (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
• (of humans): bi, hetero
• (of humans): homoromantic

Translations

Noun

homosexual (plural homosexuals)

1. A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
   • 1963, John Rechy, City of Night (page 48)

     Soon, we got up, walked around the west side — toward the "meat rack" — the gay part of the park. There, it was as if someone had hung a line of marionettes on the railing: the lonesome young homosexuals, legs dangling, looking, waiting for that one-night's sexual connection...

   • 1997, The Advocate (number 742, page 9)

     It was unheard-of for those of us who are 30-something or older to have had an openly gay role model when we were young. Homosexuals weren't depicted in the media in a positive light, if at all.

Usage notes

• 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.

Translations

Derived terms

• homosexually
• homosexuality
• homosexualism
• homosexualize
• homosexualization

References

Basque

Adjective

homosexual (not comparable)

1. homosexual

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.mo.s?k.su?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.mu.s?k.su?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.mo.sek.su?al/

Adjective

homosexual (masculine and feminine plural homosexuals)

1. homosexual

Noun

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuals)

1. homosexual

Related terms

• homosexualitat

Galician

Etymology

homo- +? sexual

Adjective

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuais)

1. homosexual

   O comportamento homosexual obsérvase con frecuencia entre os mamíferos.

   Homosexual behaviour is frequently observed among mammals.

Noun

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuais)

1. homosexual

Antonyms

• heterosexual

Related terms

• homosexualidade
• maricón (pejorative)
• homofobia

Romanian

Etymology

French homosexuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho.mo.sek.su?al/

Adjective

homosexual m or n (feminine singular homosexual?, masculine plural homosexuali, feminine and neuter plural homosexuale)

1. homosexual

   În lumea animal? se observ? comportamentul homosexual relativ frecvent la mamifere ?i la p?s?ri

   In the animal world, homosexual behaviour is observed relatively frequent in mammals and birds.

Declension

Noun

homosexual m (plural homosexuali, feminine equivalent homosexual?)

1. homosexual

Declension

Related terms

• homosexualitate
• gay
• lesbian / lesbian?
• poponar (pejorative)
• bulangiu (pejorative)

Spanish

Etymology

homo- +? sexual

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

homosexual (plural homosexuales)

1. homosexual

Noun

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuales)

1. homosexual

   Antonym: heterosexual

Related terms

• homosexualidad
• maricón (pejorative)
• homofobia

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /m?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?d/
• Rhymes: -?d
• Homophone: Maud (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

mod (countable and uncountable, plural mods)

1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
2. (Britain) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
3. (informal) Clipping of modification.
4. (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
5. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
6. (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
   • 1992, "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch? (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.acorn)

     I'd like to convert some of the arch^[sic] mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.

   • 2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)

     These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.

7. (rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
8. (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
9. (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.

   Synonyms: %, modulus

10. (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.

Usage notes

In video gaming, mods are created by end users, whereas such content by the game creators would be called an expansion pack.

Translations

Verb

mod (third-person singular simple present mods, present participle modding, simple past and past participle modded)

1. (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.

   Synonyms: trick, trick out

2. (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.

Derived terms

Adjective

mod (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of moderate.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mod (plural mods)

1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

Anagrams

• -dom, DOM, Dom, Dom., ODM, dom, dom.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mo?ð], [?moð?]
• Rhymes: -oð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *m?daz, cognate with English mood, German Mut.

Noun

mod n (singular definite modet, not used in plural form)

1. courage
2. mood

Synonyms

• (formal) courage, kurage c
• tapperhed c

Etymology 2

From Old Norse í mót, i.e. the preposition í (“in”) + the noun mót (“meeting”) (compare i møde), from Proto-Germanic *m?t?, cognate with English moot.

Preposition

mod or imod

1. against
2. versus
3. towards
4. into
5. from

Usage notes

• The two forms, mod and imod, are interchangeable. In the contemporary language, the shorter form is used ca. 10 times as much as the longer one. As an adverb, only the longer form is used.

Middle English

Noun

mod

1. Alternative form of mode (“intellect, mood, will, courage, nature”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mod n (definite singular modet, uncountable)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by mot

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *m?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *m?-, *m?-. Cognate with Old High German muot (German Mut), Old Saxon m?d, Old Dutch muot (Dutch (gee)moed), Old Norse móðr (“anger, grief”) (Swedish mod), Gothic ???????????????? (m?þs, “anger, emotion”). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek ????? (môthai) and Latin m?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?d/

Noun

m?d n

1. mind
   • Adrian and Ritheus

2. courage, pride, grief, anger
3. state of mind

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: mod, mode, mood
  • English: mood
  • Scots: mude, muid

Romanian

Etymology

From French mode.

Noun

mod n (plural moduri)

1. mode, fashion, style, way
2. (grammar) mode, mood

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

m?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

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Slovene

Noun

mod

1. genitive dual/plural of modo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mod/, [?moð?]

Noun

mod m (plural modes)

1. mod (clarification of this definition is needed)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *m?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *m?-, *m?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?d/

Noun

mod n

1. courage
2. feeling

Declension

Anagrams

• -dom, Dom., dom, dom-

Turkish

Noun

mod (definite accusative modu, plural modlar)

1. mode
2. mood

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mooto.

Noun

mod

1. face

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?d/

Verb

mod

1. Nasal mutation of bod.

Mutation