EuroLex/E/Gay


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: gay, adj./noun, 'homosexual'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: *DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: gay [= Engl. pron.], adj.; end20c; meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted to slang, less frequent than hýr. Romanian: gay/ghei [= Engl. pron.], noun; 1990s; meaning: 'homosexual'; status: rare, less frequent than homosexual. Russian: geĭ, noun; end20c; meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted to colloquial use. Bulgarian: geĭ,noun; 1990s; meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted to journalese, modish, less frequent than khomoseksualist, pederast, pedi. Greek: gei/gay, adj.; meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted to colloquial and modish use, journalese.

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