gei

See also: Gei, géi, gěi, and géì

English

Noun

gei (plural geis)

1. Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”)
   • James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery (2003) p. 165:

     I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.

   • Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins... (2006) p.17:

     The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.

Anagrams

• IgE, Ige

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Cornish

Noun

gei

1. Soft mutation of kei.

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Estonian

Etymology

From English gay.

Noun

gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)

1. a gay person

   Kas sa oled gei?

   Are you gay?

Declension

Declension of gei (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		gei	geid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	gei
genitive			geide
partitive		geid	geisid
illative		geisse	geidesse
inessive		geis	geides
elative		geist	geidest
allative		geile	geidele
adessive		geil	geidel
ablative		geilt	geidelt
translative		geiks	geideks
terminative		geini	geideni
essive		geina	geidena
abessive		geita	geideta
comitative		geiga	geidega

See also

• homo
• homoseksuaal
• homoseksuaalne
• homoseksuaalsus

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Italian

Etymology

Italianized form of English jay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛi/, [ˈd͡ʒɛi̯]

Noun

gei m (uncountable)

1. Synonym of i lunga

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Japanese

Romanization

gei

1. Rōmaji transcription of げい
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲイ

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Luxembourgish

Verb

gei

1. second-person singular imperative of geien

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Mandarin

Romanization

gei

1. Nonstandard spelling of gěi.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Mende

Noun

gei

1. husk

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡei̯/

Verb

gei

1. Soft mutation of cei.