gay
Considerably, veryConsiderably, very.
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» Is the club gay or straight?
Это клуб для геев или для натуралов? — aandrusiak
Це клуб для ґеїв чи для натуралів? — aandrusiak
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1 senses(Northern England, Scotland)Considerably, very.
Examples
439 sentencesIs the club gay or straight?
Це клуб для ґеїв чи для натуралів? — aandrusiak
ruЭто клуб для геев или для натуралов? — aandrusiak
You didn't know Tom was gay?
Ти не знав, що Том ґей? — deniko
ruТы не знал, что Том гей? — marafon
There are no gay people here.
Тут немає гомосексуалістів. — deniko
ruЗдесь нет гомосексуалов. — odexed
deEs gibt hier keine schwulen Leute. — Naina
I'm not gay, but my boyfriend is.
Я не ґей, а от мій бойфренд — так. — deniko
ruЯ не гей, но мой парень — да. — savella
deIch bin nicht schwul, aber mein Freund schon. — Sudajaengi
Do you know of any gay clubs?
Ви знаєте якийсь ґей-клуб? — aandrusiak
Origin
From Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thoughtFrom Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thought to be a borrowing of Old Occitan gai (“impetuous, lively”), from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”), merging with earlier Old French jai ("merry"; see jay), from Frankish *gāhi; both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden”). This is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to stride, step”), from *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”), but Kroonen rejects this derivation and treats the Germanic word as having no known etymology.
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