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JunioR · Post by **JunioR** » 18 Jan 2004 22:08

I'm doing an schoolwork about homossexualis and i need to know how to say the word "gay" in as many language i can have....
please i need helpmy e-mail is : vr_oj [at] hotmail.com
thank's

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kokoyaya · Post by **kokoyaya** » 18 Jan 2004 22:58

Beware the spams

There are a huge number of words to call homosexuals in all the languages. The neutral ones are...

French : homosexuel, gay
Spanish : homosexual

SubEspion · Post by **SubEspion** » 19 Jan 2004 01:58

Italian

Gay

Frocio

Finocchio

Omosessuale

Neapolitan

Ricchiò

Ricchiun

Recchione

Piedmontese

Cupio

German

Schwul

Esenthiel · Post by **Esenthiel** » 19 Jan 2004 02:56

Irish Gaelic
hómaighnéasach

Japanese
doseiaisha　(person)
doseiai (adj)

Khalam · Post by **Khalam** » 19 Jan 2004 11:50

I can only help you for the Turkish:

Homosexual = homoseksüel

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 19 Jan 2004 11:58

In Basque language :

Gay => Gay
Homosexual => Homosexual

Easy, isn't it ?

Pontus · Post by **Pontus** » 19 Jan 2004 20:06

In Swedish:

Gay->Gay
Homosexual-> Homosexuell

That's the neutral ones.

Esenthiel · Post by **Esenthiel** » 19 Jan 2004 20:35

I think for most European languages the answer will be a slight variant of "homo-sexual", as it's somewhat of a scientific term.

didine · Post by **didine** » 19 Jan 2004 21:45

Finnish: homoseksuaali
Estonian: homoseksuaal

Polish: homoseksualista
Russian: гомо-сексуалист

helena · Post by **helena** » 20 Jan 2004 09:50

croatian: homoseksualac

ann · Post by **ann** » 20 Jan 2004 14:28

I only wanted to note that gay is usually used for men in english (versus homosexual ) but you sometime see "gay women" in american english. When we use gay in french it only means "gay men" and we say "lesbienne" for a woman. The slang word in french for "lesbienne" is "gouine" but it's very depreciative.
slang words to speak about homosexual are usually depreciative like
finocchio in italian which means fennel
ou "pédé" in french ("pédéraste")

Maïwenn · Post by **Maïwenn** » 20 Jan 2004 14:50

I think I've heard "gay" to qualify a woman in French. "Elle est gay" At least I could very well say it. (but I might be wrong...)

And, in French again, don't we use more and more "homo" ? It sounds less scientific and more detached than the full word.

ann · Post by **ann** » 20 Jan 2004 14:56

Maïwenn wrote:I think I've heard "gay" to qualify a woman in French. "Elle est gay" At least I could very well say it. (but I might be wrong...)

And, in French again, don't we use more and more "homo" ? It sounds less scientific and more detached than the full word.

I think you're right: I could also say "elle est gay" ! and when we say "homo" we use a little informal word which doesn't seen scientific nor depreciative!

albyx · Post by **albyx** » 20 Jan 2004 16:51

In Bulgarian, the commonly used word for "gay" is :

хомосексуалист [homoseksualist]

The slang word is :

педераст [pederast]

Car0line · Post by **Car0line** » 20 Jan 2004 18:37

modern greek: ομοφυλόφιλος omofilolos φιλος= friend φυλο = sex ομο= same

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