gai

Signification (English)

1. cheerful; merry
2. gay; homosexual

Synonyms

joyeux

vif

homo

gay

content

brillant

enjoué

actif

jovial

gaie

de bonne humeur

clair

splendide

radieux

hardi

éclatant

guilleret

homophile

inverti

orné

réjoui

uraniste

beau

ensoleillé

☀️

enthousiaste

homosexuel

lesbienne

luisant

magnifique

plaisant

se réjouir

triste

☹️

voyant

allègre

festif

gaillard

gala

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɛ/

Étymologie (English)

Cognate with français: gaine

Cognate with anglais: gay

Cognate with italien: gaio

In summary

From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”); or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”), both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [ɡ] as in French gaine. Doublet of vague in that case.
Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.