homes

English Online Dictionary. What means homes‎? What does homes mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊmz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hoʊmz/
• Rhymes: -əʊmz, -oʊmz

Noun

homes

1. plural of home

Noun

homes

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of holmes

Verb

homes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of home

Anagrams

• shmoe, Moshe, emosh

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.məs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.mes]

Noun

homes

1. plural of home

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔmɪs/

Noun

homes m pl

1. plural of home

Middle English

Noun

homes

1. plural of hom

Narragansett

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly either:

• Related to Ojibwe -mishoomis (“grandfather”), Abenaki nmahom (“my grandfather”).
• Meaning "he moves about a little", with the ending -es indicating the diminutive.

Noun

hômes anim (plural hômesuck)

1. old man

   Synonym: kichize

Declension

References

Further reading

• Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 27

Portuguese

Noun

homes

1. plural of home