gay — meaning in English
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English meaning
- brokeback adj Having a bent or hunched back; broken-down or derelict.
- Gay adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
- homosexual adj Attracted romantically or sexually to people of the same sex.
Senses
gay is used for these senses in English:
- brokeback (slang, neologism) Homoerotic; homosexual, gay.
- gay (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- gay (now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- gay man A homosexual man. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- homosexual (typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
Gay — full definition
- adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
- adj Happy, carefree, and full of fun (an older, still-used sense, especially in older writing).
- noun A homosexual person, especially a man.