Homer

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.

Derived terms

• 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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “hostage”).

Proper noun

Homer m

1. Homer

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hoˈmeˀɐ̯], [hoˈmeɐ̯ˀ]

Proper noun

Homer

1. Homer

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

1. Homer