EuroLex/E/Gay
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- 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.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | gay [=English pronunciation], noun | end20c | meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted use: modish | dito | DEA* |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | gay [ge:j], adj. | 1980s | meaning:'homosexual'; status: restricted to slang, modish | dito | DEA* |
| English | gay | 12c | 1.) 'homosexual', 2.) 'carefree and merry', 3.) 'brightly coloured' | [1] | Collins English Dictionary (4th edition) |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | gay [gε], adj. | 1960s | meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted use: modish | dito | DEA* |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | gay [gei, ge:], adj. | ? | meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted use: modish, less frequent than schwul | dito | DEA* |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | gay [gεi], noun | 1970s | meaning: 'homosexual'; status: fully accepted but still marked as English, equally frequent as omosessuale | dito | DEA* |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | gay [= Engl. pron] | 1970s | meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted to colloquial and modish use, less frequent than homo, homofil | dito | DEA* |
| Polish | gej/gay, noun | end20c | meaning: 'homosexual'; status: restricted to colloquial use | dito | DEA* |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | gay/gai [gei/gai], noun | 1970s | meaning: 'homosexual'; status: fully accepted but still marked as English, less frequent than homosexual | dito | DEA* |
| Swedish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
- 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.,