different between geo vs gei

English

Etymology

Norn, from Old Norse gjá.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?j??/

Noun

geo (plural geos)

1. (Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.

See also

• chine

Anagrams

• EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

Limburgish

Etymology 1

Clipping of geodriehook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??e??jo??]

Noun

geo m

1. (mathematics, slang) set square

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.

Etymology 2

Clipping of geografie.

Alternative forms

• geó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??e??jo??]

Noun

geo f

1. geography
2. (rare) geology

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.
• There is no diminutive.

Etymology 3

Clipping of geótj. Possibly from the verb ótte (“to be squinting”), but this is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????o?]

Adjective

geo (comparative geówer, superlative geóws, predicative superlative 't geóws)

1. (obsolete) strange

Middle English

Pronoun

geo

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?i?, i?

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju?/

Adverb

?e?

1. once, formerly, of old; before, already, earlier

Spanish

Noun

geo m or f (plural geos)

1. a member of the Grupo Especial de Operaciones

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