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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.6 Adverb 1.6.1 Usage notes 1.6.2 Derived terms 1.6.3 Translations 1.7 Related terms 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Esperanto 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adverb 4 Finnish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English hom < Old English hām < Proto-Germanic *heimaz < Proto-Indo-European *tkoi-, an o-grade variant of *tkei-. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem and heim-, and the place-name segment -ham (“‘village’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hōm, IPA: /həʊm/, SAMPA: /h@Um/
• (US) enPR: hōm, IPA: /hoʊm/, SAMPA: /hoUm/
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  Rhymes: -əʊm

[edit] Noun

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home (plural homes)

1. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.

   The disciples went away again to their own home. —John xx. 10.

   Home is the sacred refuge of our life. —Dryden.

   Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There’s no place like home. —Payne.

2. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

   Our old home England. —Hawthorne.

3. The place where a person was raised. Childhood or parental home. Home of one’s parents or guardian.

   I left home last year.

4. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

   He entered in his house — his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. —Byron.

5. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

   the home of the pine.

   Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. —Tennyson.

   Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. —Prior.

6. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, especially, the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

   Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. —Eccl. xii.

7. (gaming) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
8. (baseball) The plate at which the batter stands. The home base.
9. (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
10. (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's home page

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• (one’s own dwelling place): tenement, house, dwelling, abode, domicile, residence

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• homebuilder
• homeowner

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to home (third-person singular simple present homes, present participle homing, simple past and past participle homed)

1. (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.

   The missile was able to home on the target.

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home (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

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home (not comparable)

1. To one’s home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
2. Close; closely.

   How home' the charge reaches us, has been made out. —South.

   They come home to men’s business and bosoms. —Bacon.

3. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.

   to drive a nail home

   to ram a cartridge home

   Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. —Shak.

4. (UK, soccer) Into the goal
   • February 2004, BBC Sport - Tottenham 4-4 Leicester

   Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.

[edit] Usage notes

Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home-grown, etc.

[edit] Derived terms

• bring home
• come home
• haul home the sheets of a sail
• til the cows come home
• turn home

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin homo. Compare Esperanto homo, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Romanian om, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.

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home m.

1. man

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[edit] Esperanto

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From homo.

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home

1. humanly

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(index ho)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈho̞me̞ˣ], X-SAMPA: ["home(?)]
• Hyphenation: ho‧me
• Rhymes: -e

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home

1. mildew, mould

[edit] Declension

Declension of home singular plural nominative home homeet genitive homeen homeiden homeitten partitive hometta homeita accusative home homeen homeet inessive homeessa homeissa elative homeesta homeista illative homeeseen homeisiin adessive homeella homeilla ablative homeelta homeilta allative homeelle homeille essive homeena homeina translative homeeksi homeiksi instructive – homein abessive homeetta homeitta comitative – homeineen