Adjective: gai
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | gai |
| Singular f. | gaie |
| Plural m. | gais |
| Plural f. | gaies |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like gai
indifférent,
cohérent,
aspérifolié,
serein,
seyant,
second,
babillard,
savant,
satané,
satiné,
saturé,
défraîchi,
spaghettifié,
saoudi,
salaud,
salant,
sciant,
schleu,
évanescent,
écartelé, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”); or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”), both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [ɡ] as in French gaine. Doublet of vague in that case.
2. Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio. See: Latin Adjectives '
vagus', French Adjectives '
gaine', English Adjectives '
gay', Italian Adjectives '
gaio'.
Verbs referencing "gai"
Spanish Adjectives
guay, Italian Adjectives
gaio.
Translations