omosessuale
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From omo- + sessuale; cf. Latin homosexuālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌo.mo.ses.suˈa.le/, /ˌo.mo.sesˈswa.le/, (traditional) /ˌɔ.mo.ses.suˈa.le/[1][2]
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: o‧mo‧ses‧su‧à‧le, o‧mo‧ses‧suà‧le
Adjective
[edit]omosessuale (plural omosessuali)
Noun
[edit]omosessuale m or f by sense (plural omosessuali)
- homosexual
- Synonyms: (derogatory; used only of men in Liguria) buliccio, (derogatory; used only of men) checca, (derogatory; used only of men) culattone, (derogatory; used only of men) finocchio, (derogatory; used only of men) frocio, gay, (derogatory; dated psychological term) invertito, (used only of women) lesbica, omosex, (derogatory; used only of men in Southern Italy) ricchione, (derogatory; used only of men) sodomita
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ omosessuale in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ omosessuale in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Categories:
- Italian terms prefixed with omo-
- Italian 6-syllable words
- Italian 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ale
- Rhymes:Italian/ale/6 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ale/5 syllables
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