English

Noun

hombre ‎(plural hombres)

1. (in Latin-American contexts) A man.

   He's one tough hombre.

Aragonese

Etymology

From Navarro-Aragonese hombre ‎(“man”), from Latin homo, hominem ‎(“man”).

Noun

hombre m

1. (anthropology) man
2. husband

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃bʁ/
• Homophones: hombres, ombre, ombres, ombrent

Noun

hombre m ‎(plural hombres)

1. A kind of card game from Spain.

Navarro-Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin homo, hominem ‎(“man”).

Noun

hombre m

1. man
   • SEGVNT QVE HAVE mos ſeydo en muytos liuros el primo hombŕ q̃ se poblo en España hauia nombre Tubaſ .del qual yxio la geuacon dlos ybers .

Descendants

• Aragonese: hombre, ombre

Spanish

Alternative forms

• honbre (obsolete)
• ombre (obsolete)
• onbre (obsolete)

Etymology

Through dissimilation from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, accusative of homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‎(“earthling”). Same source as the form omo (which does not exhibit diphthongisation). Compare Portuguese homem and Catalan home.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈom.bɾe/
  • Rhymes: -ombɾe

Noun

hombre m ‎(plural hombres)

1. Man, in the sense of adult male human.
2. Man, in the sense of all humans collectively; mankind, humankind.
3. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) man, in the sense of an individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina.
4. (colloquial) Husband.
5. a top in male-male sex.
6. a 17th century card game also called ombre.

Synonyms

• (husband): marido
• (adult male human, gent): caballero, señor
• (human): humano, persona, ser humano

Antonyms

• mujer

Interjection

¡hombre!

1. Man!
2. Hey!
3. Oh, come on!