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Translation for "gay" :

en English de German
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gay 		homosexuell
  • adjective
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gay 		Homosexuelle, der
  • noun
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gay 		schwules
  • adjective
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gay 		homosexuelles
  • adjective
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gay 		schwul
  • adjective
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gay 		schwul
  • adjective
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word description for " gay "
  • happy, joyful, and lively.
  • festive, bright, or colourful.
  • Sexually promiscuous (of either gender).
  • homosexual:
  • # Preferring romantic or sexual partners of the same gender or the same sex.
  • # '1947', Rorschach Research Exchange and Journal of Projective Techniques[http://books.google.com/books?id=vloZAAAAIAAJ], p. 240:<!-- Merger of data from Google Books and http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gay; needs clarifying -->
  • #: He was not happy at the farm and went to a Western city where he associated with a homosexual crowd, being "'gay'," and wearing female clothes and makeup.
  • # '2003', Michael McAvennie, The World Wrestling Entertainment Yearbook:
  • #: She couldn't even gain access from a family friend whose name was on the list, nor could she use her feminine charms to turn on the staff member, who revealed he was 'gay' and was more impressed seeing Billy and Chuck enter the building.
  • # '2009', Betty Jean Lifton, Lost & Found: the Adoption Experience, page 67:
  • #: Her adoptive mother fainted when Gail told her she was 'gay'.
  • # Being between two people of the same gender or the same sex; especially, being between two men.
  • #: 'Gay' marriage, though legal here, is still very controversial.
  • #: Although the number of 'gay' weddings has increased significantly, many 'gay' and lesbian couples — like many straight couples — are not interested in getting married.
  • Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
  • In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people:
  • # Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
  • # Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
  • # 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 0-06-084366-7, [http://books.google.com/books?id=tYh-5LEb6IQC&pg=PA25&dq=gay page 2:
  • #: This incident has become a source of much discussion, and the jury is still out on who is more 'gay': the guy who touched a dick or the guy who let a guy touch his dick.
  • # effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.
  • # : lame, uncool, stupid.
  • #: This game is 'gay'; let’s play a different one. = I dislike this game; let’s play a different one.
  • # '1996', [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F01.html 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'!"
  • # '2000', Nancy Updike, [http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2000/09/14/gaygaygay/index.html That's So Gay], Salon
  • #: [Y]ou or someone you know has declared something 'gay' in the last week. Not gay as in homosexual, but 'gay' in that grade-school "That is so 'gay'!" way, i.e. lame, wrongheaded, queer in the original sense. This is happening all around you. That woman’s hairdo? 'Gay.' That book jacket? 'Gay.' The fact that Dick and Lynne Cheney won’t talk about their lesbian daughter? 'Gay' 'gay' 'gay'.
  • upright or curved over the back.
  • a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
  • An ornament.
  • The name of the letter ⟨'—'⟩, which stands for the sound , in Pitman shorthand.
  • #English
  • cheerful, happy
  • cheerful; happy;
  • gay#English, homosexual
  • a homosexual person, #English person
source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gay
example for " gay "
  • Pennsylvania Dutch include the plain folk and the 'gay' folk.
  • She professes an undying love for 'gay' bars and 'gay' movies, and even admits to having watched 'gay' porn.
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  • Homomasculinitatea este un termen care se referă la o subcultură de bărbați 'gay' care se auto-identifică cu rolul de gen și cultura stereotipului masculinității tradiționale.
  • María es la única persona que no sabe que su hermano es 'gay'.
source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gay