different between gai vs lesbo

Basque

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Probably from the suffix -gai, and not the other way round.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?ai/

Noun

gai inan

1. material
2. matter, stuff
3. topic, subject

Declension

Derived terms

• gai izan (“to be capable of”)

References

Further reading

• “gai” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “gai” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /??aj/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan gai.

Adjective

gai (feminine gaia, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

1. gay, merry

   Synonyms: alegre, festiu

Derived terms

• gaiament
• gaia ciència
• gai saber

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gay.

Adjective

gai (masculine and feminine plural gais)

1. gay, homosexual

Noun

gai m (plural gais)

1. gay man

Further reading

• “gai” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gai” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “gai” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gai” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga?i

Verb

gai

1. Short for tagai.

French

Etymology

From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *???????????????????????? (*gaheis, “impetuous”); or from Frankish *g?hi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *w?hi (“pretty”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] ? [g] as in French gaine. Doublet of vague in that case.Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/, /?e/
• Homophones: gaie, gaies, gais, gay, gays, guet, guets
• Rhymes: -?

Adjective

gai (feminine singular gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

1. cheerful; merry
2. gay; homosexual

Antonyms

• sombre
• triste

Derived terms

Related terms

• gaillard

References

Further reading

• “gai” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• agi

Irish

Noun

gai m (genitive singular gai, nominative plural gaethe)

1. Obsolete spelling of gae (“spear, dart; ray”)

Mutation

Italian

Adjective

gai

1. masculine plural of gaio

Anagrams

• agi, agì, già

Japanese

Romanization

gai

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

gai

1. Nonstandard spelling of g?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of g?i.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gài.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old French

Etymology

Old Occitan, see below.

Adjective

gai m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaie)

1. happy; cheerful; gay

Descendants

• Middle French: gay
  • French: gai
• ? Middle English: gay
  • English: gay
  • Yola: gaaye, gai
• ? Middle Dutch: gay
  • Dutch: gei, gaai

Old Occitan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

gai m or f (plural gais)

1. happy; joyous

Descendants

• Catalan: gai
• Occitan: gai
• ? Old French: gai
  • Middle French: gay
    • French: gai
  • ? Middle English: gay
    • English: gay
    • Yola: gaaye, gai
  • ? Middle Dutch: gay
    • Dutch: gei, gaai
• Old Portuguese: gai
  • Portuguese: gaio
  • Galician: gaio

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from Latin gaudium (“joy”), as borrowed from Old Occitan gai; alternatively of Germanic origin. Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.

Adjective

gai m (feminine singular gaia, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaias)

1. happy; joyous

Descendants

• Galician: gaio
• Portuguese: gaio

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese galo and Spanish gallo.

Noun

gai

1. rooster

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

gai

1. cow

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [?a?j??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [?a?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [?a?j??]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-ke?. Cognate with Arem take? ("horn"), Proto-Bahnaric *??k?? (whence Bahnar ake/h?ke) and Proto-Katuic *kii, *?akii (whence Pacoh ki (“horn on nose, single tusk of rhino”)).

Noun

(classifier cái) gai • (?, ????)

1. hemp-nettle
2. thorn
3. prickle
4. (Central Vietnam) pineapple

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *-ke? (“ramie”).

Noun

(classifier cây) gai

1. ramie

Yola

Noun

gai

1. Alternative form of gaaye

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ka?i??/
• Tone numbers: gai¹
• Hyphenation: gai

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (MC k??, k??i, “street”). Cognate with Bouyei gaail. Compare Cantonese ? (gaai1).

Noun

gai (Sawndip form ?, old orthography gai)

1. street

See also

• daihloh
• dauhloh
• dingqroen
• loh
• maxloh
• roen
• roennou

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *p.qa?j? (“to sell”). Cognate with Thai ??? (k?ai), Northern Thai ????, Lao ??? (kh?i), Lü ?? (?aay), Tai Dam ???, Shan ??? (kh?ay), Ahom ???????? (khay), Bouyei gaail. Compare Proto-Kam-Sui *kwe¹ (“to sell”) (whence Sui beel).

Verb

gai (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ??? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ????? or ??? or ??? or ????, old orthography gai)

1. to sell

   Synonym: siu

   Antonym: cawx

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From lesb(ian) +? -o.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?zb??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?zbo?/

Noun

lesbo (plural lesbos)

1. (colloquial) Lesbian.

Translations

Anagrams

• Blose, Boles, Lebos, Sobel, boles, lebos, lobes, sobel

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of lesbienne +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?s.bo?/
• Hyphenation: les?bo

Noun

lesbo f (plural lesbo's)

1. (informal or slang) lesbian

   Synonyms: lesbi, lesbienne

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lesbo/
• Hyphenation: les?bo
• Rhymes: -esbo

Noun

lesbo (accusative singular lesbon, plural lesboj, accusative plural lesbojn)

1. (neologism) a lesbian

   Synonyms: gejino, lesbanino, safismulino, samseksemulino

Hypernyms

• gejo (“gay”)
• samseksemulo (“homosexual”)

Derived terms

• lesba

See also

• samseksemo (“homosexuality”)

Finnish

(index le)

Etymology

Back-formation from lesbolainen (“lesbian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lesbo/, [?le?s?bo?]
• Rhymes: -esbo
• Syllabification: les?bo

Noun

lesbo

1. lesbian

Declension

Synonyms

• (lesbian): lepakko (slang), homonainen (rare)

Compounds

• lesboliitto
• lesbopari

See also

• homo

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, ?ISBN