different between gei vs ger

English

Noun

gei (plural geis)

1. Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”)
   • 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, p. 165:

     I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.

   • 2006, Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins..., p.17:

     The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.

Anagrams

• IgE, Ige

Cornish

Noun

gei

1. Soft mutation of kei.

Estonian

Etymology

From English gay.

Noun

gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)

1. a gay person

Declension

See also

• homo
• homoseksuaal
• homoseksuaalne
• homoseksuaalsus

Italian

Etymology

Italianized form of English jay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???j/

Noun

gei m (invariable)

1. Synonym of i lunga

Japanese

Romanization

gei

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Luxembourgish

Verb

gei

1. second-person singular imperative of geien

Mandarin

Romanization

gei

1. Nonstandard spelling of g?i.

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.

Mende

Noun

gei

1. husk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gei

1. imperative of geie

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ei?/

Verb

gei

1. Soft mutation of cei.

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mongolian ??? (ger)/??? (ger).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????(?)/

Noun

ger (plural gers)

1. A yurt.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 133:

     The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew ????? (ger).

Noun

ger (plural gerim)

1. A male convert to Judaism.

Anagrams

• -erg-, EGR, ERG, GRE, Reg, erg, gre, reg

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (“hair, down, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”) and Middle Irish gúaire (“hair”).

Noun

ger m

1. squirrel (furry)

Related terms

• ketër

References

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *g?r, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?r-, zero grade of *?eh?r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ys?r-, “to sing”), Latin garri? (“chatter”), Old English caru (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?r/

Noun

ger m (plural gerioù)

1. word
   • 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.

     Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.

Derived terms

• geriadur ("dictionary")

Inflection

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *g?r, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?r-, zero grade of *?eh?r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ys?r-, “to sing”), Latin garri? (“chatter”), Old English ?earu (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [???r]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [?e?r]

Noun

ger m (plural geryow)

1. word
2. saying
3. report

Derived terms

• gerlyver ("dictionary")

Mutation

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??e??]
• Homophone: gerð

Etymology 1

Verb

ger

1. third-person singular present of gera

he, she, it does, makes

1. imperative singular of gera

do! make!

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse [Term?].

Noun

ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)

1. yeast

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish gær, from Old Norse gerð, from Proto-Germanic *garwid?.

Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

1. yeast

Declension

Synonyms

• (yeast): jöstur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwij? or *gerw?.

Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

1. rotting things (as feed)
2. flock, swarm (of carrion birds, flies, etc.)

Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Norse gerr, gj?rr, g?rr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Adjective

ger (not comparable)

1. ready, fully prepared

Inflection

Etymology 4

From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (“greedy”).

Adjective

ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)

1. greedy, gluttonous

Inflection

Etymology 5

From Old Norse gerr, gj?rr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).

Adverb

ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)

1. better, more thoroughly

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ??ar

Etymology

Variant of ??ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je?r/

Noun

??r n (nominative plural ??r)

1. year
2. the runic character ? (/j/)

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).

Noun

g?r m

1. spear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Lombardic: ger
  • ?? Italian: gherone
• Middle High German: g?r
  • German: Ger

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *ger, from Proto-Germanic *geraz.

Adjective

ger

1. greedy

Alternative forms

• giri

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Old Saxon

Etymology

Variant of j?r.

Noun

ger n

1. year

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin gel?, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d??er]

Noun

ger n (plural geruri)

1. frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
2. frigidness, frosty weather

Declension

Derived terms

• gerar

Related terms

• degera

See also

• frig
• brum?

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je?r/

Verb

ger

1. present tense of ge., contracted from the archaic giver

Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r/

Preposition

ger

1. next to, near

   Synonym: ar bwys

2. beside

   Synonym: wrth

Derived terms

• gerbron (“before, in the presence of”)
• gerllaw (“nearby”)

Westrobothnian

Adjective

ger

1. Alternative spelling of gjer