Homer

See also: homer, omer, and Homér

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊməɹ/

Etymology 1

From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

Proper noun

Homer (countable and uncountable, plural Homers)

1. Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
3. A town, the county seat of Banks County, Georgia, United States.
4. A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.
5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Homer Township.

Derived terms

• even Homer nods
• Homeric
• pull a Homer

Translations

Ancient Greek poet

• Arabic: هُومِيرُوس m (humirus)
• Armenian: Հոմերոս (Homeros)

  Old Armenian: Հոմերոս (Homeros)

• Belarusian: Гаме́р m (Hamjér)
• Bulgarian: О́мир m (Ómir)
• Catalan: Homer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荷馬／荷马 (zh) (Hémǎ)

• Czech: Homér (cs) m
• Dutch: Homerus
• Esperanto: Homero
• Finnish: Homeros
• French: Homère (fr) m
• Galician: Homero (gl) m
• German: Homer (de) m
• Greek: Όμηρος (el) (Ómiros)

  Ancient: Ὅμηρος (Hómēros)

• Icelandic: Hómer m
• Irish: Hóiméar m
• Italian: Omero (it) m
• Japanese: ホメロス (Homerosu)
• Korean: 호메로스 (Homeroseu)
• Latin: Homērus m
• Maltese: Omeru m
• Marathi: होमर m (homar)
• Portuguese: Homero (pt) m
• Russian: Гоме́р (ru) m (Gomɛ́r)
• Spanish: Homero (es) m
• Swedish: Homeros
• Turkish: Homeros

A male given name

• Armenian: Հոմերոս (Homeros)
• French: Omer (fr)
• Galician: Homero (gl) m
• Italian: Omero (it) m
• Marathi: होमर m (homar)
• Portuguese: Homero (pt) m
• Spanish: Homero (es) m

Etymology 2

From Middle English [Term?], an occupational name for a helmet maker, or a variant of Holme.

Proper noun

Homer (plural Homers)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Anagrams

• Roehm

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “hostage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈmer]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [oˈmer]

Proper noun

Homer m

1. Homer

Danish

Etymology

Via German Homer and Latin Homērus from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hoˈmeˀɐ̯], [hoˈmeɐ̯ˀ]

Proper noun

Homer

1. Homer

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Homer m (proper noun, strong, genitive Homers or Homer)

1. Homer