English Dictionary

gay

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡeɪ/

形容詞

人物 広義 動物 恋愛・性愛 口語 機関・団体所属 俗語 前置詞 for ユーモラス文体 軽蔑的 蔑称 古風 廃用 前置詞句 イングランド北部方言 スコットランド英語 推量

(of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself. / (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.

日本語の意味

（ある人物が）自分と同じ性別または性自認される相手に対して性的または恋愛的な魅力を持つこと。 / 特に、男性同性愛者を指すことが多い。同性愛者としての意味を含む。

My cousin came out last year and is openly gay and proud.

私のいとこは昨年カミングアウトし、同性愛者であることを公然と誇りにしています。

意味（1）

(of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.

Cliff is gay, but his twin brother is straight.

意味（2）

(strictly) Describing a homosexual man.

gay and lesbian people

意味（3）

(of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.

In fact, as several letter writers to the New York Times pointed out in their response to the article, the disjuncture between these two popularized penguins shows how radically separated from each other are communities of gay people and communities of right-wing religious conservatives: if the Christian fundamentalists had looked up “gay penguins” or even “penguins” on the Internet, they would have encountered several gay penguin sites, including the story of Roy and Silo, the Central Park Zoo gay penguin couple about whom a children's book was written; the saga of the gay penguin community at a German zoo; and the campaign of Gay Penguin for President (whose slogan was “George W. Bush talks the talk, but Gay Penguin walks the walk.”)

意味（4）

(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.

Although the number of gay weddings has increased significantly, many gay and lesbian couples — like many straight couples — are not interested in getting married.

意味（5）

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

Coordinate term: LGBTQ

意味（6）

(of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.

She professes an undying love for gay bars and gay movies, and even admits to having watched gay porn.

意味（7）

(slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.

[…] the pirates, who are obviously totally gay for each other […]

意味（8）

(slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.

Vanilla straight guy here. […] Is it socially acceptable for me to good-naturedly say, I'm totally gay for musical theater?

意味（9）

In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people:

意味（10）

(slang, derogatory) Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.

意味（11）

(slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid.

This game is gay; let’s play a different one.

意味（12）

(dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.

The Gay Science

意味（13）

(dated) Quick, fast.

I went a gay shack, / For it started to rain.

意味（14）

(dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.

Pennsylvania Dutch include the plain folk and the gay folk.

意味（15）

(obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of any gender), (sometimes particularly) engaged in prostitution.

As our heroes passed along the Strand, they were accosted by a hundred gay ladies, who asked them if they were good-natured. Devil take me! exclaimed Echo, if I know which way my ship heads; but there is not a girl in the Strand that I would touch with my gloves on.

意味（16）

(of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.

While the dog in concentrating at a given task, the tail is carried low and used for balance. In excitement it may rise level with the back. A “gay” tail is a fault.

意味（17）

(Scotland, Northern England, possibly obsolete) Considerable, great, large in number, size, or degree.

As his reply was rather characteristic, I will give it : Many of them come a gay bit off.

gay Symbol for a male gay union Symbol for a female gay union （ canonical ）

gayer （ comparative ）

gayest （ superlative ）