homicide, n.m., homicide; manslaughter; man-slayer, murderer. — involontaire; manslaughter. — volontaire; willful murder. — commandé par la légitime défense; (jur.) chance-medley. — non qualifié crime ni délit; (jur.) justifiable homicide. — par imprudence; homicide by misadventure.
homicide, adj., murderous, homicidal. Des yeux —s; killing eyes.
hommage, n.m., homage, respect; service; acknowledgment, token, gift, testimony. pl., respects, homage. Faire — à quelqu’un; to do homage to any one. Rendre — à la vérité; to do homage to truth. Rendre ses —s à quelqu’un; to pay one’s respects to any one. — de reconnaissance; token of gratitude. Avec les —s de l’auteur; with the author’s compliments.
hommagé, -e, adj., held by homage.
hommager, n.m., homager.
hommasse, adj., masculine (of women).
homme, n.m., man; (triv., pop.) husband, old man. Dieu créa l’— à son image; God created man after his own image. — d’église, d’épée, de lettres, d’état; churchman, military man, literary man, statesman. — du monde; man of the world. C’est un — marqué a l’A; he is an excellent man; he is the soul of honor. Le roi des —s; the king of good fellows. C’est un — à pendre, or un — de sac et de corde; he is a man who deserves hanging. C’est un pauvre —; he is a poor sort of a man. C’est un — pauvre; he is a poor man. Bon —; good, virtuous man; good-natured, simple, easy-going man; old fellow; old codger. — bon; kind-hearted, good, virtuous man. Brave —; worthy man; good fellow, good chap. — brave; brave, daring man. — de paille; man-of-straw. — de cœur; man of feeling, spirit; courageous man. Un — comme il faut; a gentleman. — d’hier; upstart, novice. — d’affaires; business man. — de journée; day-laborer. — de cour; courtier. — de robe; lawyer. — de bois; (man.) fagot; dumb-jockey. — à tout faire; jack of all trades. — des bois; (mam.) wild man, baboon. Enlèvement d’—; (jur.) man-stealing. Herbe à pauvre —; (bot.) hedge-hyssop. La perle des —s; (fam.) a very trump of a man, a trump. Il n’y a tête d’— qui ose; no man alive, no man living, would dare. C’est un — que cet —-là; he is a man every inch of him. C’est le dernier des —s; he is the worst of men, the greatest villain alive. Il n’est pas — à faire de ces choses là; he is not the sort of man to act like this. C’est un — à ménager; he is a man to be considered. Voilà mon —; that is the man for my money or for me. Il a trouvé son —; he has found his match.
☉hommeau or hommelet, n.m., little man, bit of a man.
homme-dieu, n.m., (n.p.) Man-God.
homocentrique, adj., (astron.) homocentric.