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smart
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sm??t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sm??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English smerten, from Old English smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-Germanic *smertan? (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.
Verb
smart (third-person singular simple present smarts, present participle smarting, simple past smarted or (obsolete) smort, past participle smarted or (obsolete) smorten)
- (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully."
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
- a. 1652, Thomas Adams, Faith's Encouragement
- A goad that […] smarts the flesh.
- a. 1652, Thomas Adams, Faith's Encouragement
- (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
- He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Derived terms
- arsesmart
- besmart
- nosesmart
- smartful
- smarting
- smartweed
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English smerte, smert, smarte, smart, from Old English smeart (“smarting, smart, painful”), from Proto-Germanic *smartaz (“hurting, aching”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert (“painful, smart”), Old Frisian smert (“sharp, painful”).
Adjective
smart (comparative smarter or more smart, superlative smartest or most smart)
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- Synonyms: bright, capable, sophisticated, witty
- Antonyms: backward, banal, boorish, dull, inept
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 19
- I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.
- (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- Synonyms: cultivated, educated, learned; see also Thesaurus:learned
- Antonyms: ignorant, uncultivated, simple
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
- Synonyms: attractive, chic, dapper, stylish, handsome
- Antonyms: garish, outré, tacky
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- Synonym: silly
- 1728, Edward Young, Satire
- Who, for the poor renown of being smart / Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
- I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart, when my ill genius, who I verily believed inspired him purely for my destruction, suggested to him such a reply
- Sudden and intense.
- 1860 July 9, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry, from Thoreau's bird-lore, Francis H. Allen (editor), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1910), Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau, Beacon Press, (Boston, 1993), page 239:
- There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.
- 1860 July 9, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry, from Thoreau's bird-lore, Francis H. Allen (editor), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1910), Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau, Beacon Press, (Boston, 1993), page 239:
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- (Southern US, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
- (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
- The stars shine smarter.
- (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
- (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
Related terms
Descendants
- ? German: smart
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English smerte, from smerten (“to smart”). See above. Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smart, Low German smart, German Schmerz, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta. More above.
Noun
smart (plural smarts)
- A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
- 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, London: William Seres, Book , p. 51,[2]
- […] the bodie had no smart
- Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings.
- 1716, Alexander Pope (translator), The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume 2, Book 5, lines 176-178, p. 25,[3]
- If chance some Shepherd with a distant Dart
- The Savage wound, he rowzes at the Smart,
- He foams, he roars […]
- 1871, Louisa May Alcott, Little Men, Chapter 12,[4]
- Of course Tommy came to grief, tumbled upon a hornets’ nest and got stung; but being used to woe, he bore the smart manfully […]
- 1948, Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, London: Heinemann, Book One, Part One, Chapter 1, section 8, p. 42,[5]
- The smart of his wounded hand woke Scobie at two in the morning.
- 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, London: William Seres, Book , p. 51,[2]
- Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 7, p. 101,[6]
- Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete,
- And counsell mitigates the greatest smart;
- Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart.
- 1673, John Milton, “Anno aetatis 17. On the Death of a fair Infant dying of a Cough” in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions Both English and Latin, London: Thomas Dring, p. 20,[7]
- But oh why didst thou not stay here below
- To bless us with thy heav’n lov’d innocence, […]
- To stand ’twixt us and our deserved smart
- But thou canst best perform that office where thou art.
- 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter 8,[8]
- I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry,—I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart—God knows what its name was,—that tears started to my eyes.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, London: Picador, Chapter 9, p. 250,[9]
- […] Bertrand said, ‘No, you bloody idiot, do you think I drink this? I want mineral water.’ The girl recoiled for just a second at the smart of his tone […] and then apologized with steely insincerity.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 7, p. 101,[6]
- Smart-money.
- (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
- 1742, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews, London: A. Millar, 3rd edition, 1743, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 27,[10]
- […] I resolved to quit all further Conversation with Beaus and Smarts of every kind […]
- 1742, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews, London: A. Millar, 3rd edition, 1743, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 27,[10]
Derived terms
- smartful
Anagrams
- MSTAR, marts, stram, tarms, trams
Danish
Etymology
From English smart
Adjective
smart (neuter smart, plural and definite singular attributive smarte, comparative smartere, superlative (predicative) smartest, superlative (attributive) smarteste)
- (of a solution, contraption, plan etc.) well thought-out, neat
- snazzy, fashionable, dapper
Derived terms
- oversmart
Dutch
Alternative forms
- smert (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch smarte, from Proto-Germanic *smertan?. Cf. German Schmerz, English smart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sm?rt/
- Hyphenation: smart
- Rhymes: -?rt
Noun
smart f (plural smarten)
- pain, sorrow, grief
Derived terms
- gedeelde smart is halve smart
- met smart
- smartengeld
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English smart, 19th c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sma???t/, /sma?t/
Adjective
smart (comparative smarter, superlative am smartesten)
- smart (exhibiting social ability or cleverness)
- Synonyms: aufgeweckt, clever, gewitzt, pfiffig
- smart (good-looking, well-dressed)
- Synonyms: chic, elegant, fein
Further reading
- “smart” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English smart
Adjective
smart (neuter singular smart, definite singular and plural smarte, comparative smartere, indefinite superlative smartest, definite superlative smarteste)
- clever (mentally sharp or bright)
- smart
Derived terms
- smartklokke
- smarttelefon
References
- “smart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English smart
Adjective
smart (neuter singular smart, definite singular and plural smarte, comparative smartare, indefinite superlative smartast, definite superlative smartaste)
- clever (mentally sharp or bright)
- smart
Derived terms
- smartklokke
- smarttelefon
References
- “smart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Adjective
smart (invariable)
- smart (with smart technology)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English smart.
Pronunciation
Adjective
smart (comparative smartare, superlative smartast)
- smart; clever
Declension
Anagrams
- tarms, trams
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gay
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: g?, IPA(key): /?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thought to be a borrowing of Old Occitan gai (“impetuous, lively”), from Gothic *???????????????????????? (*gaheis, “impetuous”), merging with earlier Old French jai ("merry"; see jay), from Frankish *g?hi; both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden”). This is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *??eng?- (“to stride, step”), from *???y- (“to go”), but Kroonen rejects this derivation and treats the Germanic word as having no known etymology.
Adjective
gay (comparative gayer, superlative gayest)
- (dated, possibly archaic) Happy, joyful, and lively.
- The Gay Science
- 1405 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales (source):
- c. 1692, William Walch, preface to Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant, in John Dryden, The Fourth Part of Mi?cellany Poems, Jacob Tonson (publisher, 1716), page 338:
- 1934, George Marion Jr. et al., (title):
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur (Faber & Faber 1992), page 252:
- (dated) Quick, fast.
- 1873, Gwordie Greenup, Yance a Year, 25:
- I went a gay shack, / For it started to rain.
- 1918, Hunter-trader-trapper, page 36:
- We launched our canoe and were off at a gay clip for Hackettstown, where Mart had a married sister, and we were figuring on big eats.
- 2016, Laura Jean Libbey, Mischievous Maid Faynie, Library of Alexandria (?ISBN):
- " […] there is no one more competent to make it fly at a gay pace than myself. A prince of the royal blood couldn't go at a faster pace than I have been going during these last three weeks! Ha, ha, ha!" In a moment he was kneeling before the safe.
- 2019, Lawrence Lariar, He Died Laughing, Open Road Media (?ISBN):
- We shot along Sunset Boulevard at a gay pace, and squealed a turn down Vine Street with never a jitterbug pedestrian to make the driving interesting.
- 1873, Gwordie Greenup, Yance a Year, 25:
- (dated, possibly archaic) Festive, bright, or colourful.
- Pennsylvania Dutch include the plain folk and the gay folk.
- 1881, J. P. McCaskey (editor), “Deck the Hall[sic]”, Franklin Square Song Collection, number 1, Harper & Brothers (New York), page 120:
- 1944, Ralph Blane, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of any gender), (sometimes particularly) engaged in prostitution.
- 1806 (edition of 1815), John Davis, The Post-Captain, page 150:
- As our heroes passed along the Strand, they were accosted by a hundred gay ladies, who asked them if they were good-natured. "Devil take me!" exclaimed Echo, "if I know which way my ship heads; but there is not a girl in the Strand that I would touch with my gloves on."
- 1856, Bayle St. John, The Subalpine kingdom: or, Experiences and studies in Savoy, Piedmont, and Genoa, Volume 2 page 158:
- 1879, House of Commons, Great Britain, Reports from committees, page 61:
- 1889, Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology, Volume 1, page 399:
- 1898, John Mackinnon Robertson, G. Aston Singer, "The Social Evil Problem" in The University magazine and free review: a monthly magazine, Volume 9, page 308:
- 1899, Henry Fielding, Edmund Gosse (editor), The works of Henry Fielding with an introduction, Volume 11, page 290:
- 1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon, page 357:
- 1806 (edition of 1815), John Davis, The Post-Captain, page 150:
- Homosexual:
- (of a person or animal) Possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction towards members of the same sex or gender.
- 1947, Rorschach Research Exchange and Journal of Projective Techniques[4], page 240:
- 2003, Michael McAvennie, The World Wrestling Entertainment Yearbook:
- 2007, Kevin P. Murphy, Jason Ruiz, David Serlin, Queer Futures, Radical History Review (Duke University Press), page 58:
- The two failed attempts to receive the necessary access to medicalized transition procedures by the renowned FTM activist Lou Sullivan—a gay man who refused to comply with the imperative that transsexual men must desire women— […]
- 2009, Betty Jean Lifton, Lost & Found: the Adoption Experience, page 67:
- 2010, No?l Sturgeon, Environmentalism in Popular Culture: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and the Politics of the Natural, page 128:
- 1947, Rorschach Research Exchange and Journal of Projective Techniques[4], page 240:
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Being between two or more men, or between two or more women.
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- 2003, Lawrence Block, Small Town, page 269:
- 2004, Martin Hughes, Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters, London, page 208:
- 2010, Jay Mohr, No Wonder My Parents Drank: Tales from a Stand-Up Dad, page 252:
- 2003, Lawrence Block, Small Town, page 269:
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- 2014, Christopher Schaberg, Robert Bennett, Deconstructing Brad Pitt, Bloomsbury Publishing USA (?ISBN), page 211:
- Being gay for Brad, even a teensy bit, is at the very least being able to imagine the potential for queerness. In a sense, like the recent popular and critical furor over men who are gay-for-pay, being gay for Brad is what Jeffrey Escoffier defines as "situational homosexuality," or other forms of man-on-man behavior […] In other words, rather than worry over whether or not men who are queer for Brad can easily be labeled as straight or gay, […]
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
- In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people:
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- a. 2005, Jason Christopher Hartley, “October 23, 2004: This Is My Weapon, This Is My Gerber”, in Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq, HarperCollins (2005), ?ISBN, page 25:
- a. 2005, Jason Christopher Hartley, “October 23, 2004: This Is My Weapon, This Is My Gerber”, in Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq, HarperCollins (2005), ?ISBN, page 25:
- (of a person or animal) Possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction towards members of the same sex or gender.
- A pejorative:
- (slang, derogatory) Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid.
- Synonym: ghey
- 1996, Lisa's Date With Density, The Simpsons (cartoon television series). Upon discovering Nelson kissing Lisa:
- Dolph: "Oh, man! You kissed a girl!"
- Jimbo: "That is so gay!"
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (Scotland, Northern England, possibly obsolete) Considerable, great, large in number, size, or degree.
- 1832, George Pearson, Evenings by Eden-side: Or, Essays and Poems, page 67:
- As his reply was rather characteristic, I will give it : Many of them come a gay bit off.
- 1872, William Cullen Bryant, A Library of Poetry and Song, page 106:
- Thou 's wantin' a sweetheart? Thou 's had a gay few! An' thou 's cheatit them, […]
- 1876 (edition; original 1871), Richardson, Talk 1:
- A gay deal different to what I is noo.
- 1881, Dixon, Craven Dales:
- There were a gay bit of lace on it.
- 1881, Edwin Waugh, Tufts of Heather, I. 106:
- T'country-side was rid on him for a gay while.
- 1895, Sir Hall Caine, The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance, page 131:
- "He has a gay bit of gumption in him, has Ray. It'll be no kitten play to catch hold on him, and they know that they do." The emphasis was accompanied by a lowered tone, and a sidelong motion of the head towards a doorway […]
- 1903, Robert Smith Surtees, Handley Cross, New York : D. Appleton, page 431:
- "It's a gay bit off, though." "Trot on!" retorted Mr. Jorrocks anxiously, spurring Arterxerxes vehemently, an insult that the animal resented by a duck of his head and a hoist of his heels. Bump, bump, trot, trot, squash, splash, swosh, they went ...
- 1832, George Pearson, Evenings by Eden-side: Or, Essays and Poems, page 67:
Usage notes
- The predominant use of gay in recent decades has been in the sense homosexual, or in the pejorative sense. The earlier uses of festive, colorful and bright are still found, especially in literary contexts; however, this usage has fallen out of fashion and is now likely to be misunderstood by those who are unaware of it.
- Gay is preferred to homosexual by many gay (homosexual) people as their own term for themselves. Some claim that homosexual is dated and evokes a time when homosexuality was considered a mental illness by the mental health community, while others feel that the word homosexual(ity) does not express the emotional aspects of sexual orientation.
- In the broad political sense, gay usually refers to anything pertaining to same-sex relationships, whether male or female: gay rights and gay marriage. When used in coordination with other terms for sexual orientations, it usually specifically refers to men who are attracted only to men, and excludes lesbians, bisexuals and other orientations, as in phrases like lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB). Context is sometimes necessary to determine whether or not gay implies male in a given phrase.
- Since at least the 1950s, gay has sometimes been used as a broad umbrella term for all queer and gender-nonconforming (transgender and genderqueer/non-binary) people, similar to LGBTQ.
Synonyms
- (homosexual): See Thesaurus:homosexual
Derived terms
Related terms
- jay
Descendants
- ? Irish: aerach (calque)
Translations
Noun
gay (plural gays)
- (now chiefly in the plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- Coordinate term: lesbian
- 2003, Marilyn J. Davidson, ?Sandra L. Fielden, Individual Diversity and Psychology in Organizations (page 73)
- Yet that does not mean that the issues, concerns and attitudes of gays and lesbians in the workplace are not important.
- 2004, Betty Berzon, Permanent Partners: Building Gay & Lesbian Relationships That Last (page 20)
- Older gays and lesbians often relegate themselves to separate and unequal meeting places.
- (dialectal, obsolete) Something which is bright or colorful, such as a picture or a flower.
- 1839, Charles Clark, John Noakes and Mary Styles, st. 157:
- At a stall soon Mary bote / A hume-book full ov gays.
- 1892, P. H. Emerson, A Son of the Fens, page 73:
- I had no books to read, but plenty of gays to look at.
- 1893, Cozens-Hardy, Broad Nrf., page 38:
- ‘Can't you mow the aftermath in the churchyard before Sunday?’ ‘Not time enough, sir, but I'll cut off they gays.’
- a. 1900, W. R. Eaton of Norfolk, quoted in 1900, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary:
- There's a good child; look at the gays, and keep quiet.
- 1839, Charles Clark, John Noakes and Mary Styles, st. 157:
- (obsolete) An ornament, a knick-knack.
- 1906, Cornish Notes & Queries: (first Series) (Cornish Telegraph, Peter Penn), page 132:
- If however the stranger be suspected of “sailing under false colours," when they are all in familiar chat about nothing in particular, “Cousin Jacky” will take occasion to say to the new chum, “My dear; ded 'e ever see a duck clunk a gay?" […] no more deceived by him than a duck can be made to clunk (swallow) a gay (fragment of broken crockery).
- 1906, Cornish Notes & Queries: (first Series) (Cornish Telegraph, Peter Penn), page 132:
Usage notes
- Gay may be regarded as offensive when used as a noun to refer to particular individuals.
- Gay is sometimes used broadly to refer to any man who is attracted to and/or sexually active with other men, or any woman attracted to or active with other women, even if not exclusively, e.g. if their orientation is in fact bisexual.
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:homosexual person and Thesaurus:male homosexual
Derived terms
- (gay person): gay bashing
- (colorful object or flower; ornament): nosegay
Translations
Verb
gay (third-person singular simple present gays, present participle gaying, simple past and past participle gayed)
- (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful. [since at least the 1920s]
- 1922, Thomas Hardy, Late lyrics and earlier: with many other verses, page 119:
- SAYING GOOD-BYE (song)
- WE are always saying / "Good-bye, good-bye! / In work, in playing, / In gloom, in gaying […]
- 1952, American Childhood, volume 38, page 2:
- Gaying Things Up For Christmas. JESSIE TODD, Laboratory School, University of Chicago.
- EVERY schoolroom in America is gayed up for Christmas.
- 1922, Thomas Hardy, Late lyrics and earlier: with many other verses, page 119:
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people. [popularized in the 1990s]
Related terms
- de-gay
- re-gay
Adverb
gay
- (Scotland, Northern England) Considerably, very.
- 1833, John Sim Sands, Poems on Various Subjects, page 115:
- And, tho' his guts ware lank and toom, / They're twice as big's this gay big room.
- 1869, Joseph Carr, Sketches of village life, by “Eavesdropper”, page 60:
- Now, to end my story, if o' t' village beauties wad git t' religion that good auld parson Jenkins recommends, it wad gay sharply mak' t' dirty women clean, […]
- 1875, Dickinson, Cumbriana; Or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life, page 8:
- […] an' be t' Silver Cwove, an' than throo t' Pillar, an' a gay rough bit o' grund it is!
- 1886, Thomas Farrall, Betty Wilson's Cummerland Teals, 42:
- When a fellah com' in 'at was gay free wid spendin.
- 1892-3, Mrs. Humphry Ward, The History of David Grieve, volume I, page 19:
- She'll mak naw moor mischeef neets—she's gay quiet now!
- 1833, John Sim Sands, Poems on Various Subjects, page 115:
References
- Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2006), page 450, "gay"
- “GAY” in Joseph Wright, editor, The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume II (D–G), London: Published by Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1900, ?OCLC.
Etymology 2
From Pitman kay, which it is derived from graphically, and the sound it represents. The traditional name gee was considered inappropriate, as the Pitman letter never has the sound of that name.
Noun
gay (plural gays)
- The letter —, which stands for the sound /?/, in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
- gee (in Latin script)
Anagrams
- YAG
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from English gay. Doublet of ?.
Pronunciation
Noun
gay
- gay; male homosexual (Classifier: ???)
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology
From English gay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [???j]
- Hyphenation: gay
Noun
gay m anim
- male gay
Declension
Synonyms
- See also homosexuál
Further reading
- gay in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- gay in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From English gay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ei?/, [??e?i?]
Noun
gay
- (colloquial) gay
Usage notes
- Seldom inflected, as this term does not readily fit into Finnish inflection patterns. Instead, corresponding forms of synonymous expressions or compounds such as gay-mies ("gay man") or gay-poika ("gay boy") are used.
Declension
Synonyms
- homo
French
Etymology
From English gay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??/
- Homophones: gai, gaie, gaies, gais, gays, guet, guets
- Rhymes: -?
Noun
gay m (plural gays)
- gay (homosexual person)
Gamilaraay
Etymology
Snake tracks were carefully avoided as treading on one was thought to cause skin sores. The cart tracks of the early European explorer Mitchell were thought to be giant snake tracks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aj/
Noun
gay
- snake track
References
- Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003
German
Etymology
From English gay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????]
Adjective
gay (not comparable)
- gay
Related terms
- schwul
Further reading
- “gay” in Duden online
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?/
Adjective
gay (comparative plus gay, superlative le plus gay)
- (LGBT, sexuality) gay
Noun
gay (plural gays)
- gay
Synonyms
- homine gay
- persona gay
See also
- gai (merry)
Manx
Noun
gay f
- Eclipsed form of kay.
Mutation
Matal
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?áj]
Noun
gay
- mouth
- language
- beginning
References
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?i/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French gai.
Adjective
gay
- cheerful, happy
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- gaey
Descendants
- Dutch: gei, gaai
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Northern French gai, from Late Latin gaius, from the Roman name Latin Gaius. Also see Spanish gaya and urraca.
Noun
gay m
- jay
- parrot
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- gai
Descendants
- Dutch: gaai
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gay (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gay (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gai.
Adjective
gay
- joyous, merry
Descendants
- English: gay
- Yola: gaaye, gai
References
- “gai, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Etymology
Variant of Old French gai, borrowed from Old Occitan gai, possibly of Germanic origin, or from Latin vagus.
Adjective
gay m (feminine singular gaye, masculine plural gays, feminine plural gayes)
- cheerful; happy; gay
Descendants
- French: gai
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- guei (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from English gay.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gay (plural gays, comparable)
- gay
- homosexual (involving or relating to same-sex relationships, especially between males)
- Synonyms: homossexual, (slang, derogatory) bicha, (Brazil, slang, derogatory) veado
- (figuratively, slang) overly sentimental
- (figuratively, slang) effeminate or flamboyant
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gay.
Derived terms
- kit gay
Noun
gay m, f (plural gays)
- gay; homosexual (person attracted to others of the same sex), especially a male homosexual
- Synonyms: homossexual, (slang, derogatory) bicha, (Brazil, slang, derogatory) veado
- (slang, derogatory) a person who lame, stupid or shows any other unpleasant characteristics
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gay.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English gay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ej]
Adjective
gay m or f or n (indeclinable)
- gay
Declension
Scots
Adverb
gay
- fairly, considerably
Sori-Harengan
Noun
gay
- water
References
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ei/, [??ei?]
- IPA(key): /??ai/, [??ai?]
Adjective
gay (plural gays or gais)
- gay, homosexual
Noun
gay m or f (plural gays or gais)
- a homosexual person, gay person
Usage notes
The Real Academia Española recommends the plural form gais for both the adjective and the noun, but gays is much more common.
Further reading
- “gay” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [?aj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?aj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?a(?)j??]
Adjective
gay • (?, ?, ?)
- difficult; hard
Derived terms
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