Meanings
adjectivehomoerotic (comparative more homoerotic, superlative most homoerotic)
comparative more homoerotic · superlative most homoerotic
- Arousing a homosexual desire.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiveof or concerning homosexual love
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Hellenic*homós
- Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
- Germanhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Germansexual
- Germanhomosexua
- Englishhomosexualbf.
- Englishhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
- Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
- Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
- Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
- Latinerōticu
- Frenchérotique
- Englisherotic
- Englishhomoerotic
Translations
Catalan homoeròtic
- homoeròticarousing homosexual desire
Finnish homoeroottinen, homoeroottinen
- homoeroottinenarousing homosexual desire
- homoeroottinenpertaining to homosexuality
French homoérotique, homoérotique
- homoérotiquearousing homosexual desire
- homoérotiquepertaining to homosexuality
German homoerotisch, homoerotisch
- homoerotischarousing homosexual desire
- homoerotischpertaining to homosexuality
Irish homa-earótach, homa-earótach
- homa-earótacharousing homosexual desire
- homa-earótachpertaining to homosexuality
Polish homoerotyczny, homoerotyczny
- homoerotycznyarousing homosexual desire
- homoerotycznypertaining to homosexuality
Portuguese homoerótico, homoerótico
- homoeróticoarousing homosexual desire
- homoeróticopertaining to homosexuality
Russian гомоэроти́ческий, гомоэроти́ческий
- гомоэроти́ческий (gomoerotíčeskij)arousing homosexual desire
- гомоэроти́ческий (gomoerotíčeskij)pertaining to homosexuality
Spanish homoerótico, homoerótico
- homoeróticoarousing homosexual desire
- homoeróticopertaining to homosexuality
Swedish homoerotisk, homoerotisk
- homoerotiskarousing homosexual desire
- homoerotiskpertaining to homosexuality
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with homoerotic
eroticexoticaquaticantibioticchaoticasymptoticnarcotichypnoticidioticneuroticbioticsymbioticosmoticamnioticprobioticsemioticdespoticoticquixoticscleroticheterotichomeoticautoeroticNilotic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
homoerotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homoerotic
MLA
“homoerotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homoerotic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homoerotic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homoerotic.
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