homossexual
Portuguese, noun/ˌõ.mo.sek.suˈaw/
homossexual is spelled H-O-M-O-S-S-E-X-U-A-L (11 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Homossexual is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “homosexual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que sente atração sexual e/ou mantém relação sexual com pessoas do mesmo sexo”.
What does homossexual mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehomosexual
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehomosexual
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que sente atração sexual por um ser do mesmo sexo 2. que está sob a condição da homossexualidade 3. realizado por indivíduos do mesmo gênero
noun: 1. indivíduo que sente atração sexual e/ou mantém relação sexual com pessoas do mesmo sexo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of homossexual
- homossexuais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homossexual?
- Brazil /ˌõ.mo.sek.suˈaw/
- Brazil [ˌõ.mo.sek.suˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ˌõ.mo.sekˈswaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to homossexual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homossexual in Portuguese?
homossexual appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).