un homme = a man
des hommes, les hommes = men
"les hommes" can also be used to mean "mankind".
man Homme is french for man.
Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis
"L'affaire" has different meaning. In the phrase: L'affaire de XYZ. The translation would be: The Case of XYX If you say une affaire romantique You would translate it: It is a lovers affair.
It reflects the same gender as the noun it is describing. Un homme gentil. Gentil is masculine, as is homme. Une femme gentille. Gentille is feminine, as is femme. There is no way of knowing if a noun is M or F, except in rare cases. However, adjectives can USUALLY be determined. Sometimes, however, they remain the same for both M and F.
HMS Serapis vs American Colonial Navy's Bonn Homme Richard, Captained by John Paul Jones ("I have not yet begun to fight!").
The sound of the first word "Bon" is the same sound as in bonfire or bond without the 'd'. The sound of the second word "Homme" is mostly silent and is the same sound as in mom without the first 'm'. The sound of the third word "Richard" is the French sound for Richard with emphasis on the soft second syllable like the sound in the name "Char"lotte or the color "char"treuse. When pronouncing the full name you would concatenate or run together the first two words with emphasis on the second word. This would result in the name sounding like "Bǒn´ǒm Ree´shär". I served on the attack carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) from 1966 -1969. And like her namesake captained by John Paul Jones, this grand lady served her country well and faithful.
pour = for homme = men for men
yes, homme is translated man in English.
'Un habile homme' means 'an able man' in English.
It can mean - which man? or what a man!
A man.
The phrase 'mon homme' means my man. In the word-by-word translation, the possessive adjective 'mon ' means 'my'. And the noun 'homme' means 'man'.
Je cherche un homme is 'I'm looking for a man' in French.
Though the word "homme" appears to look like a word pertaining to a house, it has a totally different meaning. "Homme is a french word that means "man."
For him
In English, French pour homme means "for man". It's possible that the "s" is missing from the end of this - pour hommes would mean "for men", but the "s" is silent.
"Man alone" in regards to his estate. Refer to Homme Sole Estate in Jacobs v. Meade Virginia Supreme Court
"Un homme français" translates to "a French man" in English.