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Noun [English]

Forms: gay men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|gay men}} gay man (plural gay men)
  1. A homosexual man. (This entry is a translation hub.) Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Male people Hypernyms: homosexual person, man Coordinate_terms: gay woman Translations (a male homosexual): bayot (Cebuano), 男同性戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 男同性恋 (nántóngxìngliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 男同志 (nántóngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), homomies (Finnish), gay (French), schwuler [masculine] (German), Schwuler (German), agi (Hiligaynon), meleg férfi (Hungarian), 게이 (gei) (Korean), homem gay [masculine] (Portuguese), gay [derogatory, masculine, sometimes] (Portuguese), геи (gei) [masculine] (Russian), гей (gej) [masculine] (Russian), gay (Spanish), bading (Tagalog), bakla (Tagalog), bayot (Tagalog), மகிழ்வன் (makiḻvaṉ) (Tamil), adófùrọ̀ [derogatory, sometimes] (Yoruba), onífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin (Yoruba)
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      "word": "punk"
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      "word": "sausage jockey"
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      "word": "shirt lifter"
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    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "bayot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "男同性戀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nántóngxìngliàn",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "男同性恋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nántóngzhì",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "男同志"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "homomies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "gay"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schwuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "Schwuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "hil",
      "lang": "Hiligaynon",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "agi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "meleg férfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gei",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "게이"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "homem gay"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "word": "gay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gei",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "геи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gej",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гей"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "gay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "bading"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "bakla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "bayot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "makiḻvaṉ",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "மகிழ்வன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "word": "adófùrọ̀"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "a male homosexual",
      "word": "onífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gay man"
}

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