How do you say gay in french
gay
Jabote said:
No, no tim, I did not represent that it was colloquial, I was just saying that if it is used in France now (as opposed to 10 years ago when I had never heard it used there yet), it is not the formal term, the formal term (let's phone it "official" term) is homosexuel, that's all ! I know it is not colloquial in English but it is not the "official" term either, that's what I meant, sorry if I was not clear !
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Ahh, ok. Yes "official" legal title is better, I think, in this context because we are talking about language and "formal" is the normal term used to mean "high" register (eg the reverse of colloquial).
I assume, though, that what I am suggesting is that "gay" is slowly becoming the "official" word. It's not there yet, but it really is quite unusual to catch "homosexual". In proof the only moment you do really hear it is either in medical terms or, I think, when vicars and the love discuss it in terms of religion.
How Do You Say "GAY" In Spanish? And Other Languages?
Carryon1
I was wondering, to me at least, in English, queer seems too clinical and the everyday term “gay” is used as more familiar, with the other terms deemed offensive, (the s-word, f-word, q-word etc)
I tried Google but I don’t talk Spanish, so I was thinking, gay might come out as “happy” on a translator?
So how would you say the corresponding in Spanish. Also do other languages have similar “non-offensive” and “non-clinical” terms for gays?
JKellyMap2
In my experience, there is no synonyms in Spanish which is both inoffensive and distinctly un-clinical-sounding. “Homosexual” is the word for both “homosexual” and “gay.”
The English synonyms “gay” is becoming more widespread among Spanish speakers to communicate the latter connotation.
EmilyG3
The word “gai” (meaning “happy” in French originally) seems to be gaining popularity among French speakers to signify the same as the English “gay” (homosexual.)
Roderick_Femm4
In Japan, some people have adopted the English loan word “gay”, but it doesn’t get used much unless the context is very clear (i.e. talking about gay rights or a gay bar or s
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Do you know what the word gay really means?
The word gay dates advocate to the 12th century and comes from the Old French “gai,” interpretation “full of joy or mirth.” It may also relate to the Elderly High German “gahi,” essence impulsive.
For centuries, gay was used commonly in speech and literature to represent happy, carefree, bright and showy, and did not take on any sexual meaning until the 1600s.
At that time the definition of gay as carefree evolved to imply that a person was unrestrained by morals and prone to decadence and promiscuity. A prostitute might own been described as a “gay woman” and a womanizer as a “gay man.”
“Gay house” was commonly used to refer to a brothel and, later, “gaiety” was used as a common name for certain places of entertainment.
In the 1890s, the legal title “gey cat” (a Scottish variant of gay) was used to describe a vagrant who offered sexual services to women or a young traveler who was new to the road and in the company of an older man.
This latter use suggests that the younger dude was in a sexually submissive role and may be among the first times that gay was used implying a queer relationship.
In 1951, gay appeared in the
How do you tell "Gay" in your language?
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I want to know inoffensive and friendly terms of referring "Homosexual"!!
In English: queer, queer
In German: schwul (only for male homosexuals), lesbisch (female h.), vom anderen Ufer, andersrum, linksgestrickt
omosessuale, gay (m), lesbica (f)
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which language is this please?
Spanish: parchita, pargo, pato. It depends what region in SouthAmerica you are. These words belong to slang in Venezuela.
I think that in Spanish we may not acquire an exact similar. Obviously, as Guest above pointed out, there are dozens of words to call a homosexual person. But in essence, the synonyms "gay" is a neutral word, it has no negative connotations (when used in the feeling "homosexual", not in the sense "lame"). In Spanish, "homosexual" is a tad too technical, and the others are mostly offensive (in the River Plate: maricón, trolo, puto, etc.) a melancholy fact, which may or may not reflect something about our societies. The word "gay&quo