Catalan

Proper noun

Gai m

1. Gaius

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː.iː/

Proper noun

Gāī m

1. genitive of Gāius
2. vocative of Gāius

Basque

Noun

gai

1. material
2. matter, stuff
3. topic, subject

Adjective

gai

1. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable.

   zerbait egiteko gai izan - to be able to do something.

   ez naiz egiteko gai izan - I'm not been able to do it.

Catalan

Etymology

From English gay.

Adjective

gai m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural gais)

1. gay, homosexual

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ/
• Homophones: gaie, gaies, gais, gay, gays
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Etymology

From Old French gai. This from Old Provençal gai, from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 ‎(gaheis, “impetuous”)^[1]; or from Frankish *gāhi ‎(“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi ‎(“pretty”)^[2]; or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus ‎(“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [g] as in French gaine^[3]. Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.

Adjective

gai m ‎(feminine singular gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

1. cheerful; merry

Antonyms

• sombre
• triste

Derived terms

Related terms

• gaillard

References

1. ↑ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), “gai”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
2. ↑ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
3. ↑ http://blog.oup.com/2012/02/word-origin-roots-gay/

Anagrams

• agi

Italian

Adjective

gai

1. masculine plural of gaio

Anagrams

• agi, agì, già

Japanese

Romanization

gai

1. rōmaji reading of がい

Lojban

Cmavo

gai

1. (cardinal, hexadecimal digit and number) twelve
2. (on a clock face; alternatively pare) twelve

Rafsi

gai

1. rafsi of gacri.

Mandarin

Romanization

gai

1. Nonstandard spelling of gāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gǎi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gài.

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.

Old French

Etymology

Old Provençal, see below.

Adjective

gai m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular gaie)

1. happy; cheerful; gay

Descendants

• English: gay
• Middle French: gay
  • French: gai
• Middle Dutch: gay
  • Dutch: gei, gaai

Old Provençal

Adjective

gai m, f ‎(plural gais)

1. happy; joyous
   • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo gens tems de pascor:

     Per que tuih amador
     Son gai e chantador

     For all the lovers
     are joyous and full of song

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

gai

1. cow

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-keː ‎(“hemp-nettle”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣaːj˧˥]

Noun

gai

1. hemp-nettle
2. thorn
3. prickle

Derived terms

• ngò gai

Verb

gai

1. to offend, to shock

Zhuang

Noun

gai

1. street

See also

• daihloh
• dauhloh
• dingqroen
• loh
• maxloh
• roen
• roennou