αδερφή — meaning in English

English meaning

• Gay adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
• queen noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
• sister noun A female sibling; a daughter sharing the same parents as another person.

Senses

αδερφή is used for these senses in English:

• gay (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
• queen (LGBT slang, sometimes, derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.
• sister Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.

Gay — full definition

1. adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
2. adj Happy, carefree, and full of fun (an older, still-used sense, especially in older writing).
3. noun A homosexual person, especially a man.

queen — full definition

1. noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
2. noun In chess, the most powerful piece, able to move any number of squares in any direction.
3. noun The single fertile female in a colony of bees, ants, or similar social insects.
4. verb In chess, to promote a pawn to a queen by reaching the far side of the board.

Related Greek words