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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Gay, GA (town, FIPS 32384)
    Location: 33.09367 N, 84.57400 W
    Population (1990): 133 (64 housing units)
    Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Gay, MI
    Zip code(s): 49945
  Gay, WV
    Zip code(s): 25244

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gay \Gay\ (g[=a]), a. [Compar. Gayer; superl. Gayest.] [F.
     gai, perhaps fr. OHG. g?hi swift, rapid, G. g["a]h, j["a]h,
     steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. w?hi beatiful, good. Cf. Jay.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or
        delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed.      --Gray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Why is my neighbor's wife so gay?     --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A bevy of fair women, richly gay
              In gems and wanton dress!             --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]
  
     Syn: Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly,
          sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial;
          joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gay \Gay\, n.
     An ornament [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gay \Gay\, a. [Compar. Gayer; superl. Gayest.] [F. gai,
     perhaps fr. OHG. g?hi swift, rapid, G. g["a]h, j["a]h, steep,
     hasty; or cf. OHG. w?hi beatiful, good. Cf. Jay.]
     1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or
        delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
  
              Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. --Pope.
  
              Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed.      --Gray.
  
     2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
  
              Why is my neighbor's wife so gay?     --Chaucer.
  
              A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton
              dress!                                --Milton.
  
     3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]
  
     Syn: Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly,
          sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial;
          joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gay \Gay\, n.
     An ornament [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  gay
       adj 1: bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery
              hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" [syn: cheery,
               sunny]
       2: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
          were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such
          a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the
          reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
          gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
          laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: jocund, jolly, jovial,
           merry, mirthful]
       3: given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led
          a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the
          ladies"
       4: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new
          dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish
          word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with
          gay plumage" [syn: brave, braw]
       5: offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the
          inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and
          exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gala(a), festal,
           festive, merry]
       6: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: queer, homophile(a)]
       n : someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual
           attraction to persons of the same sex [syn: homosexual,
            homo]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 (παρωχ) χαρούμενος, ευτυχισμένος
     2 ομοφυλοφιλικός
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (παρωχ) χαρούμενος, ευτυχισμένος
     2 ομοφυλοφιλικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     Czech n.
     (l en gay) male
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi colloquial) #English
     Gamilaraay n.
     snake track
     Indonesian n.
     (l en gay): homosexual: being between two or more men.
     Italian a.
     (l en gay)
     Italian n.
     (l en gay)
     Maguindanao n.
     day
     Matal n.
     1 mouth
     2 language
     3 beginning
     Middle English a.
     joyous, merry
     Portuguese a.
     1 (l en gay)
     2 # homosexual (gloss: involving or relating to same-sex
  relationships, especially between males)
     3 # (lb pt figurative slang) overly sentimental
     4 # (lb pt figurative slang) effeminate or flamboyant
     Portuguese n.
     1 (l en gay); homosexual (gloss: person attracted to others of the
  same sex), especially a male homosexual
     2 (lb pt slang derogatory) a person who lame, stupid or shows any
  other unpleasant characteristics
     Scots adv.
     fairly, considerably
     Spanish a.
     (l en gay), homosexual
     Spanish n.
     a homosexual person, (l en gay) person
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639: 2&3)
     Yola a.
     (alt form yol gaaye)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Gay
     Tagalog n.
     (given name tl female from=English)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     a.
     1 (1: homosexual):
     2 # (lb en of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction
  towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
     adv.
     (lb en Scotland Northern England) considerably, very.
     n.
     (lb en now chiefly in plural) A homosexual, ''especially'' a male
  homosexual.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive dated uncommon) To make happy or cheerful. (since
  at least the 1920s)
     n.
     The letter '''—''', which stands for the sound (IPAchar /ɡ/ English),
  in Pitman shorthand.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Gay
     n.
     1 (surname en English from=nicknames), originally a nickname for a
  cheerful or lively person.
     2 (given name en female from=English) from the word gay,
  "joyful"; rare today.
     3 (given name en male from=English). Also a shortened form of
  Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     Czech n.
     (l en gay) male
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi colloquial) #English
     German a.
     #English
     Middle Dutch a.
     cheerful, happy
     Middle Dutch alt.
     (l dum gaey)
     Middle Dutch alt.
     (l dum gai)
     Middle Dutch n.
     1 jay
     2 parrot
     Middle French a.
     cheerful; happy; (l en gay)
     Romanian a.
     (l en gay)
     Swedish a.
     (lb sv only used predicatively) (l en gay), homosexual

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Gay
     n.
     1 (surname en English from=nicknames), originally a nickname for a
  cheerful or lively person.
     2 (given name en female from=English) from the word gay,
  "joyful"; rare today.
     3 (given name en male from=English). Also a shortened form of
  Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     Czech n.
     (l en gay) male
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi colloquial) #English
     German a.
     #English
     Italian a.
     (l en gay)
     Italian n.
     (l en gay)
     Middle English a.
     joyous, merry
     Portuguese a.
     1 (l en gay)
     2 # homosexual (gloss: involving or relating to same-sex
  relationships, especially between males)
     3 # (lb pt figurative slang) overly sentimental
     4 # (lb pt figurative slang) effeminate or flamboyant
     Portuguese n.
     1 (l en gay); homosexual (gloss: person attracted to others of the
  same sex), especially a male homosexual
     2 (lb pt slang derogatory) a person who lame, stupid or shows any
  other unpleasant characteristics
     Swedish a.
     (lb sv only used predicatively) (l en gay), homosexual

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Gay
     n.
     1 (surname en English from=nicknames), originally a nickname for a
  cheerful or lively person.
     2 (given name en female from=English) from the word gay,
  "joyful"; rare today.
     3 (given name en male from=English). Also a shortened form of
  Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     Espanja a.
     homoseksuaalinen
     Espanja n.
     homo, homoseksuaali
     Tšekki n.
     homo

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Gay
     Ruotsi n.
     (etunimi sv m)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     Engelska a.
     1 (tagg kat=ålderdomligt text=något ålderdomligt språk=en) glad,
  livlig, fröjdefull
     2 (dödform)(tagg: text=ej längre brukligt) promiskuös
     3 #Svenska, homosexuell
     Rumänska a.
     #Svenska, homosexuell

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  gay
     a.
     1 (tagg: anglicism) homosexuell
     2 (tagg text=talspråk/starkt vardagligt kat=talspråk) som förknippas
  med en (stereotyp) föreställning om homosexualitet eller homosexuella

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]


  gay 
  sot adj.

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  gay /ɡˈeɪ/
  vrolik

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Gay /ɡˈeɪ/
  اللوطي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  gay //ɡeɪ// 
  1. шарен
  festive, bright, colorful
  2. безгрижен, весел
  happy, joyful and lively
  3. хомосексуа́лен
  homosexual

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  gay //ɡeɪ// 
  гей, хомосексуали́ст
  homosexual person, especially male