хомосексуален

Bulgarian

Etymology

Internationalism from the roots of Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, same, like) + Latin sexuālis (sexual) + -ен (-en, adjectival suffix). Equivalently, formed from хомо- (homo-, homo-) + сексуа́лен (seksuálen, sexual).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌxɔmosɛksoˈalɛn]

Adjective

хомосексуа́лен • (homoseksuálen) (abstract noun хомосексуа́лност)

  1. homosexual
    Synonym: (less formal) гей (gej)
    Antonym: хетеросексуа́лен (heteroseksuálen)

Usage notes

  • Considered by Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik and Bǎlgarski tǎlkoven rečnik to be "literary", the less formal equivalent being гей (gej).

Declension

References

  • хомосексуален”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хомосексуален”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • хомосексуален”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1043

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɔmɔsɛksuˈalɛn]
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Adjective

хомосексуален • (homoseksualen) (comparative похомосексуален, superlative најхомосексуален, abstract noun хомосексуалност)

  1. homosexual

Declension

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