homme
Americannoun
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hommes
plural
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a man.
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a human being.
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About critics, he declared: “One test of un homme sérieux is that it is possible to learn from him even when one radically disagrees with him.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2015
These I’ve seen translated thus: I come across — pour un homme — as not terribly handsome, But nevertheless – pour un homme — quite seductive.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2013
His Dior homme collections with thin, androgynous models created the hottest look in town, the shows pulling in a mighty audience, headed by a transfixed Karl Lagerfeld.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2012
Amalric's ramshackle appearance and flirtatiousness can conceal the fact that when it comes to his work – directing, especially – this is one homme sérieux.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2010
And the duke—veteran of many a love affair where fortunes had counted for far more than hearts—made the quaint, historic reply: "Mademoiselle, tu es un honnete homme!"
From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune
In passing, the Northampton man asked what lineouts were like when hommes were hommes and Moore used the immortal phrase "15 Eric Cantonas" to describe the opposition.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013
Our musical artistes have always been les hommes d’affaires—but where yesteryear’s stars were discreet about their grubby marketplace machinations, Usher and company flaunt them.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2012
The title, by the way, is explained by an epigraph from Balzac, to the effect that in the desert there is nothing: "C'est Dieu sans les hommes."
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2011
Invitations to the Paris gala benefit prescribed: "Smoking pour les hommes et pour les femmes," which in this case did not mean that everyone should light up a Gauloise.
From Time Magazine Archive
To my distress there is a little direction at the bottom, "Les hommes seront en uniforme," which subjects those of us who are not military, once more to the awkwardness of this ridiculous court dress.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
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