de-gay
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to no longer be associated with gay people.
Etymology
Prefix from English gay (homosexual).
Origin
English
gay
Gloss
homosexual
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-gay English
- begay English
- ex-gay English
- gaily English
- gay English
- gay cancer English
- gay-ass English
- gay-hate English
- gay-related immune deficiency English
- gay-related immunodeficiency English
- gaybait English
- gaybeseen English
- gayboy English
- gaydom English
- gayface English
- gayfag English
- gayfeather English
- gayfolk English
- gayful English
- gayhood English
- gayification English
- gayify English
- gayish English
- gayism English
- gayless English
- gaylicious English
- gayly English
- gayness English
- gayola English
- gayphobe English
- gayphobia English
- gayphobic English
- gaysome English
- gayspeak English
- gaysploitation English
- gaytard English
- gaytastic English
- gaywad English
- gaywings English
- gold star gay English
- homogay English
- nongay English
- nosegay English
- outgay English
- postgay English
- pro-gay English
- re-gay English
- transgay English
- ungay English
- gay Finnish
- gay German
- gai French
- gay French
- gay Spanish, Castilian
- gay Portuguese
- ゲイ Japanese
- gay Middle English
- gaja Esperanto
- गे Hindi
- gay Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เกย์ Thai
- γκέι Greek (modern)
- gey Turkish
- gèidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gey Azerbaijani
- געי Yiddish
- გეი Georgian
- gay蜜 Chinese
- 基 Chinese
- 基佬 Chinese
- 鈣片 Chinese
- ґей Ukrainian
- 게이 Korean
- gey Scots
- gėjus Lithuanian
- گے Urdu
- gay
- gayly
- begay
- ungay
- gaily
- ex-gay
- gayboy
- gayola
- nongay
- gaydom
- gayify
- gayfag
- gayish
- gayism
- gaywad
- re-gay
- outgay
- gayful
- gaysome
- gayhood
- homogay
- postgay
- gay-ass
- gaybait
- nosegay
- pro-gay
- gaytard
- gayface
- gayness
- gayless
- gayfolk
- transgay
- gay-hate
- gayphobe
- gaywings
- anti-gay
- gayspeak
- gaytastic
- gayphobia
- gaybeseen
- gayphobic
- gayfeather
- gaylicious
- gay cancer
- gayification
- gold star gay
- gaysploitation
- gay-related immunodeficiency
- gay-related immune deficiency